Isn't it illegal to sell counterfeit goods knowingly? I'm sure someone would be knocking on my door if I did it.
Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”?
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This is why, IMHO, Walmart will eventually win this aspect of the online shopping war. Supply chain control. Amazon may continue to dominate AWS and even the 3rd party marketplace, but they've already ruined their brand reputation as a supplier. Edit: Sold and shipped 3rd party marketplace may survive.
It's not like shopping at Wal-Mart isn't without its own kinds of bait and switch practices. There was a time when I went to Wal-Mart to buy a new package of cheap cotton ankle socks every month or so, incrementally replenishing my cache, over the period of about a year. The exact same brand, make, and size of socks, what were ostensibly identical , would vary in their constituent materials at what seemed to be rando…
That’s why its a discount chain.
If you want consistency in terms of quality, go upmarket. Even a JC Penney or Kohl’s will be more consistent for the socks.
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#133Seems like they could greatly reduce fraud by using RFID stickers to authenticate manufacturer-authorized products.
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#134We can fix this with blockchain and Rust, right?
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#135Amazon's inaction is just welcoming and awaiting for a government-led crackdown
Maybe if someone gets a counterfeit copy of “Art of the Deal” the government will shut Amazon down.
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Yup, agreed 100%. I recently purchased 2 Lenovo 65w USB-C chargers. One came shrink-wrapped in a legitimate Lenovo box. The other was in a plain cardboard box with a prominent "Made in China" as its only branding. These were sold from the very same product page. When I told Amazon, I had to go to UPS to return the fake product to them to receive my refund, so not only do I have to purchase it again (obviously not fro…
For whatever reason, the counterfeiters have no problem lying about anything, except the "Made in China" label. I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but it's been the only consistent red-flag I've encountered.
Generally, it's because the manufacturer is honest and not interested in scamming people, but the middlemen are.
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yup, agreed 100%. I recently purchased 2 Lenovo 65w USB-C chargers. One came shrink-wrapped in a legitimate Lenovo box. The other was in a plain cardboard box with a prominent "Made in China" as its only branding. These were sold from the very same product page. When I told Amazon, I had to go to UPS to return the fake product to them to receive my refund, so not only do I have to purchase it again (obviously not fro…
For whatever reason, the counterfeiters have no problem lying about anything, except the "Made in China" label. I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but it's been the only consistent red-flag I've encountered.
Are chargers made anywhere else? Even with official chargers (i.e. that came with the new laptop/phone) I don't think I've ever seen a charger that wasn't "Made in China".
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I agree, we may not know the extent of the problem. But if they are tracking sources as well as they claim to be, the problem wouldn't keep growing like it is. There's a major disconnect somewhere... And you kinda make my point. The practice is for the benefit of Amazon, not us. (It still benefits Amazon to sell fakes already within their inventory.) >Multiple quantity from different sellers shouldn't be combined Yet…
Why do you think the problem is growing, and that it has to do with commingling? Re multiple quantity: have you gotten counterfeit and authentic product in the same box?
It's growing because it's happening in a higher and higher percentage of my orders. Plus based on public knowledge of the issue. 4 or 5 years ago, it took serious searching to find other people talking about it. The last 2 years, it's become fairly well known. And is now common.
Some problematic products, I've ordered a couple dozen times and never gotten a genuine product.
>in the same box?
Yes, multiple times, although probably less than 10. And a couple were supposed single seller items. Didn't matter.
(One case initially got my account flagged and couldn't buy anything else until I sent pictures for proof. One of the only times I've ever had Amazon call me.)
However, the much more common occurrence is variance over separate orders.
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#139As an aside, why does nearly every Twitter link take you to a page not found thus requiring a reload? This is a terrible user experience that should be easy to fix.
Firefox on iOS simply won’t show me Twitter any more, even in private mode. Always says “something went wrong,” no matter how many times I reload. Oh well, didn’t need it anyway.
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$ to support non-JS users > $ revenue from non-JS users
That is simply not true in this case. All I need to get twitter readable with no-script is this ublock origin rule: ! 7/24/2019 https://twitter.com twitter.com##form.NoScriptForm The data (tweets) are there already, they just intentionally hide it.
Could you please explain how you add that (those?) rules to uBlock Origin?
I use UBO to block js across the web by default and would like to include twitter but their "no-js" site is garbage.