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I cancelled prime a few year ago and haven't looked back. Amazon has basically turned into a flea market chock full of counterfeit goods, goods of questionable

I cancelled prime a few year ago and haven't looked back. Amazon has basically turned into a flea market chock full of counterfeit goods, goods of questionable origin, and a relentless "review optimization" schemes under the hood. Recently my mother threw out a bunch of Christmas decorations because "they gave up the ghost". What had actually happened is she got counterfeit energizer batteries from amazon (which had 5-star reviews ofc). This story is not that big of a deal, but perfectly emblematic of the mess that is Amazon's store and hardly the only bad experience I have had with the junk they sell there. Also this has been going on for years now and amazon has done _nothing_ to address it. I suppose it's because people keep voting with their dollars for them to do nothing. Maybe now they'll start to think about it.

noveltyaccount 4y ago
> Also this has been going on for years now and amazon has done _nothing_ to address it. Even worse, I think Amazon has done tons to address it, but they just can't keep up with the evolving garbage. Or as the Red Queen said in Alice in Wonderland, "it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."
- rhaway84773 4y ago
  Amazon’s fees are so high, and sellers pay it a massive amount of money on every return (something Amazon encourages by encouraging people to buy products they don’t need), which means that legitimate businesses find it extremely hard to survive. It’s no wonder Amazon is filled with illegitimate businesses because they are the only ones that can survive Amazon’s punitive terms of operation.
BluePen7 4y ago
There are certain categories you can basically guarantee to get fakes. Brand name batteries is one of them, I guess that's one more thing pushing people towards "Amazon Basics", it's the only one that's not going to be counterfeit.

noveltyaccount 4y ago

> Also this has been going on for years now and amazon has done _nothing_ to address it. Even worse, I think Amazon has done tons to address it, but they just can't keep up with the evolving garbage. Or as the Red Queen said in Alice in Wonderland, "it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."

rhaway84773 4y ago
Amazon’s fees are so high, and sellers pay it a massive amount of money on every return (something Amazon encourages by encouraging people to buy products they don’t need), which means that legitimate businesses find it extremely hard to survive. It’s no wonder Amazon is filled with illegitimate businesses because they are the only ones that can survive Amazon’s punitive terms of operation.

BluePen7 4y ago

There are certain categories you can basically guarantee to get fakes. Brand name batteries is one of them, I guess that's one more thing pushing people towards "Amazon Basics", it's the only one that's not going to be counterfeit.