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Sellers in China don't go to jail in US. "Ships from and Sold by Amazon" if you don't want foreign sellers. That doesn't solve the problem, because it locks o
by gowld 4y ago
Sellers in China don't go to jail in US.
"Ships from and Sold by Amazon" if you don't want foreign sellers.
That doesn't solve the problem, because it locks out legit Chinese sellers. Solving the problem is hard.
- okasaki 4y agoI've never had a problem on aliexpress. So I guess someone solved it.
- thinkling 4y agoThen again, I've never had a problem on Amazon across hundreds of purchases. I don't think either of our experiences proves anything.
- Retric 4y agoYou never noticed an issue, that doesn’t mean you avoid getting counterfeit items etc.
- Semaphor 4y agoBut counterfeit products on AliExpress are commonplace as well. This is about getting bad products (which counterfeit ones not necessarily are)
- Retric 4y agoProducts can be defective or even harmful without you noticing. Does your multi vitamin actually contain every vitamin it says it does in the dosage it should? For many things you really depend on reputation and outside regulations as you’re hardly going to send random samples to a lab. Even reputable companies make use of this. Look into how often SSD internals get downgrading without changing the product’s label.
- Semaphor 4y agoWhich is why I don't buy stuff from there that goes into my body
- CWuestefeld 4y agoAliExpress's user interaction is different, and IMHO much less friendly. In Amazon, the user interacts with a product, and from here can either allow it to be fulfilled from whatever's its default seller, or select one explicitly. In AliExpress, the user interacts with the [product,seller], so in search you'll generally see 50 instances of the same product, and leave it to the user to decide which one to open into Product Details. IMHO, the Amazon interaction is far superior. (that's not an excuse for them not to look for a solution)
- zargon 4y agoI prefer the opposite. eBay and AliExpress are a better experience because I interact directly with the seller. The seller has control over their listing, their inventory, and their fulfillment. I'm not playing the lottery as with an Amazon listing.
- CWuestefeld 4y agoI'm not playing the lottery as with an Amazon listing. I agree that in fulfillment, Amazon is causing problem. But I still believe that in User Interaction, the Amazon approach is better for most users.
- actually_a_dog 4y agoThe problem is fraud. Locking out Chinese fraudsters at the expense of legitimate Chinese sellers solves the problem.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoI would prefer Amazon receive stock from legit manufacturers with a reputation to protect, whatever country they happen to be in.