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> Tick tock, business model. With reputable retailers one doesn't have to worry about getting a fake item, unlike Amazon. And if one really wants a QOWXYZ bran
by jfim 3y ago
> Tick tock, business model.
With reputable retailers one doesn't have to worry about getting a fake item, unlike Amazon. And if one really wants a QOWXYZ brand product, it's half the price or less on AliExpress or Temu.
Amazon seems to be in a place where they're getting harder to trust every day, but way more expensive than the dubious direct from China sellers.
- ryandrake 3y ago> QOWXYZ LOL I’d love to be a fly on the wall during those discussions at Amazon about why the hell they are allowing those “brands” in their marketplace. I mean, does anyone actually think they are legit? But then again people must buy them and they must make money for Amazon. What a circus!
- jen20 3y agoMy current rule is I won’t buy anything with a mains electrical plug, anything Hugh value, or anything that can be easily counterfeited from Amazon. I just don’t trust them in the slightest to do anything but run a datacenter.
- jfim 3y agoAnother thing to be careful of is anything that could have adverse health effects if counterfeited, like food, supplements, cosmetics, safety equipment, cooking utensils, and so on. Which I guess leaves books as something relatively innocuous, even though those have also been counterfeited before.