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my fiance has bought several things that she saw constantly on instagram ads

slavik81 5y ago
My mother bought water bottles with cat ears that were advertised on Facebook. My wife bought a Mandalorian carpet advertised on Instagram. I bought custom-printed Canadian postage stamps advertised on Google in wedding card-related searches. They're sold directly from Canada Post.
- goldenkey 5y ago
  Most of these products are leaded or toxic. I had a Mandalorian mug gifted to me by a dumb gen-Z friend of mine and it came with an Amazon return receipt showing it came from a 3rd party seller despite the availability of the same official LucasFilm mug being sold by Amazon.com. I don't trust products from random sellers so I scratched off some of the glaze and tested it for lead, and what do you know..it was leaded. Buying from random sellers is a recipe for allergic reactions, toxicity, bad airdoor air quality from off-gassing, ad infinitum. If you have pets, toddlers, or care about yourself, you should be very careful what objects you put around your home. A shady pillow or carpet could be destroying your air quality with VOC dyes. I gave the friend a stern talk but it's doubtful I changed the habits of an uninformed consumer. When shady manufacturers are willing to do this kind of substitution on pet food [1] and medical supplies [2], one should expect any kind of safety regulations for fabrics, dyes, paints, etc to be ignored as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls [2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/health/medical-gloves-us-thailand-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/health/medical-gloves-us-thai...
  - slavik81 5y ago
    I'm not a very trusting person. The custom stamps I purchased were ordered directly from the government's official website. I simply didn't know the product existed before I saw the advertisement. The rug was from ruggable.com (which seems fine) and the water bottle was ZOQQ (which looks questionable no matter what store it's purchased from). I can't control the behaviour of others, but it's somewhat beside the point. I was giving examples of when the advertising worked. Whether it should or not is a whole different topic.
    - goldenkey 5y ago
      Same here. I see. I suppose my comment was just to convey how a lot of people end up buying toxic stuff through ads because they just click and buy without regard to where they are or going on the web. It seems like you know exactly what to do with regard to authenticity, no knock on you. Yeah, unfortunately we can't control the masses, let alone even friends and family, so these ads and products will thrive. It's a bit sad because products used to come from trusted local vendors. Now, a whole host of health problems and diseases are gonna be cropping up in people due to e-commerce. I wonder if we can already see that with the prevalence statistics.

My mother bought water bottles with cat ears that were advertised on Facebook. My wife bought a Mandalorian carpet advertised on Instagram. I bought custom-printed Canadian postage stamps advertised on Google in wedding card-related searches. They're sold directly from Canada Post.

goldenkey 5y ago
Most of these products are leaded or toxic. I had a Mandalorian mug gifted to me by a dumb gen-Z friend of mine and it came with an Amazon return receipt showing it came from a 3rd party seller despite the availability of the same official LucasFilm mug being sold by Amazon.com. I don't trust products from random sellers so I scratched off some of the glaze and tested it for lead, and what do you know..it was leaded. Buying from random sellers is a recipe for allergic reactions, toxicity, bad airdoor air quality from off-gassing, ad infinitum. If you have pets, toddlers, or care about yourself, you should be very careful what objects you put around your home. A shady pillow or carpet could be destroying your air quality with VOC dyes. I gave the friend a stern talk but it's doubtful I changed the habits of an uninformed consumer. When shady manufacturers are willing to do this kind of substitution on pet food [1] and medical supplies [2], one should expect any kind of safety regulations for fabrics, dyes, paints, etc to be ignored as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls [2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/health/medical-gloves-us-thailand-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/health/medical-gloves-us-thai...
- slavik81 5y ago
  I'm not a very trusting person. The custom stamps I purchased were ordered directly from the government's official website. I simply didn't know the product existed before I saw the advertisement. The rug was from ruggable.com (which seems fine) and the water bottle was ZOQQ (which looks questionable no matter what store it's purchased from). I can't control the behaviour of others, but it's somewhat beside the point. I was giving examples of when the advertising worked. Whether it should or not is a whole different topic.
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    Same here. I see. I suppose my comment was just to convey how a lot of people end up buying toxic stuff through ads because they just click and buy without regard to where they are or going on the web. It seems like you know exactly what to do with regard to authenticity, no knock on you. Yeah, unfortunately we can't control the masses, let alone even friends and family, so these ads and products will thrive. It's a bit sad because products used to come from trusted local vendors. Now, a whole host of health problems and diseases are gonna be cropping up in people due to e-commerce. I wonder if we can already see that with the prevalence statistics.