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Why is it fraud? Maybe it's a legitimate item.
by Laaas 3y ago
Why is it fraud? Maybe it's a legitimate item.
- autoexec 3y agoA legitimate item from the totally legit company "FOPEAS" that's being sold for $100 less at vidaxl.com and is still probably made from formaldehyde-soaked wood and covered in lead paint.
- dns_snek 3y agoAnd pay no attention to the fact that the seller is registered in China and sells everything from furniture to underwear, UV lamps, and I kid you not, "effective butt lifting massage cream".
- sophacles 3y agoWalmart, cosco, and a hundred other stores sell a wide range of stuff too. (on their websites, even if it is available direct from the manufacturer's website or other websites). Is the problem "registered in China"?
- dns_snek 3y agoNo, the problem is that this stuff is absolute junk sold by sellers who face zero accountability even if they put rat poison in your skin care cream, who can keep returning to the platform by making up new nonsense brand names like "FOPEAS" that don't even have a website, as fake and low effort as it might have been if they at least tried to pretend. This issue is highly specific to Amazon and has been documented in great detail.
- autoexec 3y agoCan you get one of these at Walmart? https://www.amazon.com/complete-information-provided-provide-context/dp/B0C5X1GXPH https://www.amazon.com/complete-information-provided-provide... Cats with "Exceptional Read/Write Speeds" aren't sold at cosco either Good old not-a-scam FOPEAS has you covered though!
- redcobra762 3y agoSo? That's where stuff gets made. These companies exist because they can acquire cheap goods from factories that also make everything else sold on Amazon and Walmart as "legitimate" brands. They literally just do not know how to speak English, so an LLM is a game changer for them.
- dns_snek 3y agoThe difference between legitimate brands and whatever these are is reputation, quality control and some level of accountability - these "brands" have none of it. Any legitimate business would come up with a proper brand name and put some effort into it, rather than cycling through brand names faster than I buy new t-shirts.
- bagels 3y agoIs it less legitimate than the millions of other fake word six-letter chinese brands selling disposable junk on Amazon?
- forrestthewoods 3y agoAmazon is flooded with hilariously named companies all drop shipping the same cheap products. It’s super weird and a horrible user experience. But it’s not fraudulent. If anything it’s showing how much we’ve been overpaying for goods that cost literally cents to manufacture but sell for $30 or $50.
- JohnFen 3y agoIt's possible it's legitimate. I think the odds of that being the case are in the single digits, though.