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I buy things. I get what I bought. Protein powders, USB chargers, ev charging parts, coffees, teas, brand name things, etc. I “buy again” and have no issues. I’
by browningstreet 2y ago
I buy things. I get what I bought. Protein powders, USB chargers, ev charging parts, coffees, teas, brand name things, etc. I “buy again” and have no issues. I’ve bought direct from some vendors too (protein powders, oat bars, coffees…), shaving blades, and I get the same stuff I bought from Amazon.
I do tend to buy from brand stores and not aggregators or unknown sellers (I’ve been an aggregator for sneakers, but I drop-shipped via the brands directly; I’m more than familiar with SellerCentral).
And my argument isn’t that no one has these issues, but I’m pushing back on the “who even buys on Amazon anymore?” retort.
- 93po 2y agodo you chemically analyze your protein powder to see if it matches the real stuff? do you tear open your chargers to see if the internals are same as the real OEM? if not how are you so confident you're not getting counterfeits?
- _yb2s 2y agoA lot of the fake stuff on Amazon is close to, or the full quality of the real thing... many of them are "ghost shift counterfeit" - e.g. made in the actual factory by the actual workers making the real thing, but sold illegally. In this case, I could see many people not really caring. One thing I've noticed is that you don't really know where its coming from on Amazon. It will say its fulfilled by Amazon themselves, or the manufacturer, but when the package comes it is often actually from some shady 3rd party that was never mentioned. A few times I've had broken, damaged, or dirty items that were obvious returns resold as new. Sometimes in janky homemade style packaging like an eBay item.