It's not just the scams and counterfeits. It used to be easy to tell which items are from third-party sellers, now often that's hidden. It used to be that I c

It's not just the scams and counterfeits. It used to be easy to tell which items are from third-party sellers, now often that's hidden. It used to be that I could trust Amazon to have a reasonable price, so I didn't have to price-shop every item every time. Now, many common items are only available from third-party sellers with wildly inflated prices. Now I feel like I have to comparison-shop everything to ensure it's not a rip-off. It used to be that third-party sellers would be listed in descending order by total cost (price plus shipping). Now they're in seemingly random order, and you can't see the shipping cost until it's in your cart. Many sellers game this by listing a low price with ridiculously high shipping. Really feels like Amazon is going backward at a remarkably fast pace.