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Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by valleyer »

losteverything wrote: post #67
MichaelGG wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bravo? Amazon sells counterfeit shit all over. They're panicking and trying to avoid a tiny bit of the inevitable damage. I bet they'll settle quickly versus risk the full extent of their malicious behaviour become public knowledge.

Well... Bravo in the sense that by recalling they admit they have counterfeit problem. It is not too late ever for a company to admit they made a mistake. Look at the catholic church

I don’t think you’re helping your case there with that comparison.

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by barrkel »

jdavis703 wrote: post #57

Is there anything particularly dangerous about viewing the sun directly? When I was dumb and young I'd look at the sun for seconds at a time without any problems developing so far. Is the danger that an eclipse encourages you to stare at the sun without encountering any pain?

So did I, usually in while bored in class, so a window between me and the sun (blocking UV, for what that's worth). I'd stare until the sun developed an outline in my vision, then look elsewhere until the sunspot in my vision wore off, then I'd do it again.

But there are documented cases of eye damage, so the danger is real.

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by thesmallestcat »

hellbanner wrote: post #68
typpo wrote: post #30

I ordered the top-rated eclipse glasses on Amazon a few months ago and they were counterfeit. If you put them on during daytime you can see indirect sunlight and even my kitchen light. They were shipped from China despite having "Made in the USA" markings and all the proper ISO certification fine print. I haven't received any communication from Amazon, so people who haven't heard from them should not assume their gla…

I just checked my "Soluna" glasses - I can see a high watt bulb in a lamp, previously I couldn't see any lower watt bulb :/

It looks like a lot of crazy people are going to trust their eyesight to a cheap piece of plastic from some company they've never heard of. Hope for the best.

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by arcticfox »

jdavis703 wrote: post #57

Is there anything particularly dangerous about viewing the sun directly? When I was dumb and young I'd look at the sun for seconds at a time without any problems developing so far. Is the danger that an eclipse encourages you to stare at the sun without encountering any pain?

Exactly. The light doing damage isn't necessarily the visible light that gives you the impulse to avert your eyes, it's the UV. In one study, 50% of the people looking at the eclipse had caused permanent damage to their eyes (sans any precautions or averting their eyes).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/...

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by tsomctl »

jdavis703 wrote: post #57

Is there anything particularly dangerous about viewing the sun directly? When I was dumb and young I'd look at the sun for seconds at a time without any problems developing so far. Is the danger that an eclipse encourages you to stare at the sun without encountering any pain?

There's a short term condition called arc eye (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photokeratitis). Basically a sun burn on your eyes that heals after a day, and supposedly doesn't really have long term damage. I have experienced it several times (both from welding and hiking in the snow), and haven't noticed any major changes in my vision since.

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by simonh »

s0rce wrote: post #61
halfnibble wrote: post #11

How do we still have issues with counterfeit products in 2017? There should be electronic records with audit trails for every shipment into the US. This ordeal is probably going to bankrupt several small businesses.

This problem specifically could be easily solved by not allowing any random seller to sell the same item on Amazon without the purchases having any idea.

I'm not sure what you mean. They do track everything, otherwise they couldn't match up your payment for the product with the vendor it actually came from in order to pay them.

The question is what else are Amazon willing to do with that information, which turns out to be very little or nothing because as soon as Amazon gets humans involved in the transaction making actual decisions, their costs shoot up.

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by losteverything »

valleyer wrote: post #71
losteverything wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well... Bravo in the sense that by recalling they admit they have counterfeit problem. It is not too late ever for a company to admit they made a mistake. Look at the catholic church

I don’t think you’re helping your case there with that comparison.

Yeah. Do over. I was trying to think of an organization that didnt admit to a problem until confronted and obvious.

My bad

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by mikeash »

What kind of piece of shit makes these things? It's one thing to make a crappy knockoff phone charger. It may be less efficient and even less safe, but you can probably rationalize it away since they mostly work OK.

But this is a piece of safety equipment with a single function, and people only buy it to use it in one way, which will cause direct and immediate harm if the product fails. How can someone live with themselves after doing this?

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by Zhenya »

sixQuarks wrote: post #10

Here's the email I got, the last sentence had me chuckling. We hope to "see" you soon. ------- Hello, We’re writing to provide you with important safety information about the eclipse products you purchased on Amazon (order #---- for TOLOCO Solar Eclipse Glasses,CE and ISO Certified Safe Solar Shades Filter for Solar Eclipse Viewing (3-Black)). To protect your eyes when viewing the sun or an eclipse, NASA and the Amer…

"We hope to see you again soon."

Fairly poor choice of words..

Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses

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Post by subway »

typpo wrote: post #30

I ordered the top-rated eclipse glasses on Amazon a few months ago and they were counterfeit. If you put them on during daytime you can see indirect sunlight and even my kitchen light. They were shipped from China despite having "Made in the USA" markings and all the proper ISO certification fine print. I haven't received any communication from Amazon, so people who haven't heard from them should not assume their gla…

Top-rated on Amazon, and shipped from China on the same product seems kind of suspect. It's pretty rare for a top-rated item to be fulfilled by a party other than Amazon.

Any chance you can share a link to the item?

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