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how are they supposed to test all the products they sell? no vendor does this.
by zabzonk 4y ago
how are they supposed to test all the products they sell? no vendor does this.
- thfuran 4y agoLiterally testing every single item? No, that's not common. But vetting suppliers and doing QA on what they're giving you is definitely normal in many industries.
- dsr_ 4y agoAlso, normal businesses vet their suppliers and don't do business with AOOF (SSD department: baby-girls), LATROVALE (maker of SSDs, night vision monoculars, and Garden of Life Dr Formulate Probiotics for Women), or Luqeeg (SSDs, finger splints, and badminton sets).
- topspin 4y ago> how are they supposed to test all the products they sell? Who suggested they should? And why would that be necessary? Simply applying the least bit of effort vetting their sellers and aggressively pursuing the reported scams would solve most of the problem. But they can't be bothered. Instead they run the largest sucker-mart in history.
- zabzonk 4y agowhat do you mean by "vetting"?
- cogman10 4y agoAny sort of second step verification that a business is more than just a front. Or even just watching out for things like this HN post and aggressively cleaning house when this stuff comes up (and actively banning merchants that try the same trick). Heck, they could even do something like twitters blue checkmark with their goods. For untrusted sources, keep their supplies in quarantined from the trusted sources and start vetting suppliers (check on where they are at, if they've got a history of selling fake goods, checking into the goods they are selling to ensure they are legitimate). Once a supplier passes that test, then move their goods in with the trusted sources. Really, just about anything would make amazon more reliable and less scammy.
- topspin 4y agomerriam-webster.com: vet verb vetted; vetting; vets to evaluate for possible approval or acceptance