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And with the Chinese word salad manufacturers, it's impossible to tell if something is good, bad, or relabelled from a name-brand first shift manufacturer. (Tr
by Damogran6 5y ago
And with the Chinese word salad manufacturers, it's impossible to tell if something is good, bad, or relabelled from a name-brand first shift manufacturer.
(Tries to think of an example...can't remember any because they don't stick in your memory, searches for Cellphone car holder in Amazon)
Like VICSEED, OQTIQ, HUMIXX, Loncaster, Lisen, Torras...They'll all be different after the first of the year.
Edited to add honorable mention: President Randy Handheld Mobile radio.
- mysticllama 5y agoi don't bother at this point. my wife loves prime and uses it for small things we need right away, but i would never make a major purchase through amazon these days. there's no guarantee of who you're buying from and the supply chain is not trustworthy IME
- aimor 5y agoI was looking for gel filters on Amazon (company name: SAKOLLA) and realized what I was getting into from this image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51oD8lgOFOL._AC_SL1300_.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51oD8lgOFOL._AC_SL1300_....
- yelling_cat 5y agoI've bought multiple products in a category on Amazon, from different Chinese brands, using separate resellers, and received items that were identical aside from the labels even when the product descriptions and price points were wildly different. It's like AliExpress without the low prices.
- petra 5y agoWhy are the Chinese so terrible at marketing? How hard is to hire a western marketer to do a good job ?
- robbedpeter 5y agoBecause there's no need when your model is "set up the store, sell as much low end crap as you can in 3 months, shut down store, rinse, repeat." They aren't playing long games, they're moving cheap unbranded surplus quickly. They're using excess and part discards (or parts that fell off a truck) from branded products. China has essentially no protection of patents or ip, so factories follow the product leaders, copying whatever is currently in demand.
- account42 5y ago> They're using excess and part discards (or parts that fell off a truck) from branded products. Some maybe, but a lot of products from these chinese sellers seem to be designed to be cheap, not just badly made.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoRandy Handheld...that sounds comfy somehow. /me giggles