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Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by blobbers »

bdrool wrote: post #98
blobbers wrote: post #63

Counterfeits in comingled inventory has become pretty common on Amazon these days. "Fulfillment by amazon" has led them to comingle inventories on common products, meaning every seller's product gets jumbled together. I've gotten counterfeit huggies diapers from amazon (invalid serial number for huggies 'points' and different build quality), Mach 3 razor blades, GE MWF Water filters, even a counterfeit baby bath. The…

I've stopped using Amazon for: - Anything eaten - Anything that consumes or stores power (too much fire risk) - Anything worn on the body (even socks) And now, based on this article, it appears I'll have to stop using them for books, as how can I be sure it's word-for-word the same? What's left?

'fire risk': oh noes. . . I bought my searzall and fire extinguisher off amazon.

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by timthelion »

ams6110 wrote: post #94
zn44 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't be too confident about quality or authenticity of products in brick and mortar retail spots

I wonder about that too. How do I really know that a pair of Levi jeans at Target is genuine?

It doesn't matter. Levi's these days are trash. Bought a pair at the official Levi's store which lasted all of 6 months before there were holes in the pockets. (to replace a 5 year old pair that was fine except I was too fat for it.)

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by The_ed17 »

Yeah, this sort of thing has sadly been a problem for awhile on Amazon. For a similar problem WRT Wikipedia, see eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PrimeHunter/Alphascript_P...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Republishers

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1183986

It's technically legal due to Wikipedia's free license, but you're paying for something you can get for free on the internet.

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by nommm-nommm »

wyc wrote: post #74

It seems that these large distributors that aggregate from many sellers are once again having quality issues. However, they'll still get my business because of their many conveniences. I'm just less likely to use them for critical things like medicine or heavy equipment. I just went through something similar with some kitchen equipment purchased through Soap.com. I tried to claim warranty with the manufacturer, and t…

"if you choose to purchase our items please be sure that you are purchasing from someone we have authorized to do business with" - That's funny because, how do you, Joe Consumer, know what random companies are authorized to do business with what other random companies?

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by Marazan »

lsaferite wrote: post #60
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #36

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I was under the impression that "under Amazon's brand" meant that the item is being "sold by Amazon" rather than a merchant using Amazon as a platform. I think eBay should verify items that are being sold by eBay, and Amazon should verify items that are being sold by Amazon, but eBay shouldn't be responsible for items being sold VIA eBay, nor should Amazon be responsible for items being sold VIA Amazon.

I'd be interested to have more detail than the tweet to understand the specifics. If they are saying Amazon is producing and selling these themselves, then that's a big deal. If they got a shipment of them that are counterfeit and are selling those, then it's a slightly less big deal IMHO, but still a serious problem.

Yes, Amazon is producing and selling these. That is what makes this so outrageous.

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by foota »

thejosh wrote: post #92
OJFord wrote: post #82

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> $1000 ... course Wow. Surely the best advice such a course could possibly give would be 'convince people you can teach them to make money, and charge a lot for it'.

Yeah a few years ago it was SEO courses , now Amazon selling courses which are way overpriced, next ... ? Who gets rich in a goldfish, the miners or the person selling the tools?

If you're in a goldfish I think you're already out of luck

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by revelation »

I have no idea how Amazon keeps getting away with selling counterfeit and plain unsafe (anything cheap chinese plugged into a socket) products.

No judge would accept that somehow a 3rd party is to blame when 1) I'm paying Amazon, 2) Amazon delivers the item from an Amazon warehouse and 3) Amazon takes the return and reimburses me. At no point in this transaction is a 3rd party involved. Clearly they should be liable here for the junk they sell.

Re: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amazon's brand

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Post by dawnerd »

mhb wrote: post #39
jseliger wrote: post #19

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Yeah. A variation on my own story: http://seliger.com/2017/01/09/tools-continued-careful-buy-am... . It's definitely changed my buying habits. For example, I just got a Fujitsu SnapScan... from Office Depot. There's no way I'm buying a moderately expensive electronic item from Amazon anymore.

Agreed that Amazon should make it clearer when it is the actual seller, but, in your example, you knowingly bought from a third party. Why would this affect your future purchases from Amazon when Amazon is the seller?

What I dislike is when something has prime listed on it and when you look closer it's not even sold or shipped by amazon. Just some company that "meets the requirements". I use amazon's prime because their warehouse in 30 minutes away and I get stuff same day or overnight.
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