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I buy probably 10 things on amazon a month, none of which I can identify as counterfeit. purchases end up in 3 categories: an item so cheap and generic every ve
by 2c2c2c 4y ago
I buy probably 10 things on amazon a month, none of which I can identify as counterfeit. purchases end up in 3 categories: an item so cheap and generic every version of the product was going to come from the same warehouse in china anyways, amazon basics products, and expensive name brand goods. looking through my past 5 pages of orders, I see an aeropress, old spice deoderant, an ipad magic keyboard, and "genuine hd600 earpad replacement". I guess maybe the latter could be seen as counterfeit and undersirable? there's no perceivable problem in quality with any of these.
i get the feeling that people with this mentality don't even try to help themselves. the refund process at amazon takes at most 5minutes. I've had a couple dozen refunds over the years with 0 questions asked, for items upwards of $500.
maybe such refund policies are geography based, so service is perceived as awful in these locations?
- z9znz 4y agoI have read some photography equipment teardown articles, and the level of counterfeit effort might shock you. Plenty of electronics get counterfeited. And where some of them are concerned, the consumer will never noticed. Perhaps it's an audio product where the "special sauce" is indistinguishable to the lay consumer. But it can also be the "apple" charger which starts a fire in your house randomly. > the refund process at amazon takes at most 5minutes Depends where you are. While the online return experience is very easy, I still have to adequately repackage it and take it by car 20 minutes away to a shipping drop point. It's not even the effort that's significant, it's the mental overhead AND the fact that what I thought I was getting is not what I got, so I have to try it all again (and possibly return it again).