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Amazon is nothing but a giant flea market these days. Everything is 5 stars through fake reviews and everything lies about it's capabilities. Just today I was

Amazon is nothing but a giant flea market these days. Everything is 5 stars through fake reviews and everything lies about it's capabilities. Just today I was looking for a hairdryer and the top one advertised an RPM of 150,000. That'd put its 2 inch turbine spinning at almost 900mph. How much you want to bet the sound barrier isn't broken every time you turn that hairdryer on?

Pxtl 3y ago
AliExpress with faster shipping.
coldpie 3y ago
Honestly I've mostly stopped shopping online entirely. B&M stores have limited space, which means they have to choose what to stock, so they do the work of selecting decent products for me. When I do shop online, I don't use any of the flea markets (Amazon, Newegg, Walmart, etc).
- specialp 3y ago
  I have shopped online almost exclusively for over 20 years and have started doing the same thing. If I buy a fan at Home Depot, I can be reasonably assured it won't go on fire. They have product buyers that assess the quality and prices of products. Amazon purposely does not have this as it would open them to liability. So "Independent reseller" GOODAIR fan is not at all assessed, and they only provide a platform for users to judge the quality of items and post reviews.
  - malfist 3y ago
    But the GOODAIR fan says it's UL certified and can produce 12047492037 CFM of air! It has 3,000 5 star reviews, surely it's high quality
  - delfinom 3y ago
    Legally speaking, B&M retailers specifically buy things such as UL rated products just because they would incur legal liability for not doing due diligence before stocking and selling goods. Amazon avoids all of that liability by claiming they are essentially, a flea market. Hence why Amazon begrudgingly reacted to the FTC demanding the takedown of completely fake smoke alarm listings.
- 1000100_1000101 3y ago
  There's also the opposite effect. B&M stores have limited space, and most people prioritize price over everything else, thus most B&M stores thus stock mostly cheap junk that works just enough to keep them out of the court system and keep enough customers happy to keep them in business. Sadly, if I want a quality item, or a specialty item, and I'm out of luck.
knappe 3y ago
I paid extra to buy drawer slides yesterday from another retailer for the same reason. One of the top sellers on Amazon were some drawer slides advertising as soft close when of course they were not. When the title is misleading, what the hell else is? I'll pay more to not have to pick through the junk. And I say that as a person who loves to treasure hunt, but I don't want to spend hours reading reviews to find a decent product.
martin_a 3y ago
Only 900 mph? That's nothing! Have a look at the flashlights with 100k+ lm brightness. Those are the real deals!
- malfist 3y ago
  A square meter of the surface of the sun produces 127k lumens. Wouldnt surprise me to see Amazon sellers claiming to be brighter than the sun
  - martin_a 3y ago
    There are quite a few who achieve this technical master piece: https://www.amazon.de/s?k=taschenlampe+100000+lumen https://www.amazon.de/s?k=taschenlampe+100000+lumen

Pxtl 3y ago

AliExpress with faster shipping.

coldpie 3y ago

Honestly I've mostly stopped shopping online entirely. B&M stores have limited space, which means they have to choose what to stock, so they do the work of selecting decent products for me. When I do shop online, I don't use any of the flea markets (Amazon, Newegg, Walmart, etc).

specialp 3y ago
I have shopped online almost exclusively for over 20 years and have started doing the same thing. If I buy a fan at Home Depot, I can be reasonably assured it won't go on fire. They have product buyers that assess the quality and prices of products. Amazon purposely does not have this as it would open them to liability. So "Independent reseller" GOODAIR fan is not at all assessed, and they only provide a platform for users to judge the quality of items and post reviews.
- malfist 3y ago
  But the GOODAIR fan says it's UL certified and can produce 12047492037 CFM of air! It has 3,000 5 star reviews, surely it's high quality
- delfinom 3y ago
  Legally speaking, B&M retailers specifically buy things such as UL rated products just because they would incur legal liability for not doing due diligence before stocking and selling goods. Amazon avoids all of that liability by claiming they are essentially, a flea market. Hence why Amazon begrudgingly reacted to the FTC demanding the takedown of completely fake smoke alarm listings.
1000100_1000101 3y ago
There's also the opposite effect. B&M stores have limited space, and most people prioritize price over everything else, thus most B&M stores thus stock mostly cheap junk that works just enough to keep them out of the court system and keep enough customers happy to keep them in business. Sadly, if I want a quality item, or a specialty item, and I'm out of luck.

knappe 3y ago

I paid extra to buy drawer slides yesterday from another retailer for the same reason. One of the top sellers on Amazon were some drawer slides advertising as soft close when of course they were not. When the title is misleading, what the hell else is? I'll pay more to not have to pick through the junk. And I say that as a person who loves to treasure hunt, but I don't want to spend hours reading reviews to find a decent product.

martin_a 3y ago

Only 900 mph? That's nothing! Have a look at the flashlights with 100k+ lm brightness. Those are the real deals!

malfist 3y ago
A square meter of the surface of the sun produces 127k lumens. Wouldnt surprise me to see Amazon sellers claiming to be brighter than the sun
- martin_a 3y ago
  There are quite a few who achieve this technical master piece: https://www.amazon.de/s?k=taschenlampe+100000+lumen https://www.amazon.de/s?k=taschenlampe+100000+lumen