Plenty of these also available on eBay, reported them once, didn’t get to hear anything back from them (eBay).
Examples: https://www.ebay.de/itm/374176058730 https://www.ebay.de/itm/234648959915
Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
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Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
#82I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the meeting when reputable businesses decided it was in their best interests to sell random garbage they couldn't vouch for.
did Walmart ever have a reputation for quality?
Yeah, IMHO Walmart and Target both have pretty excellent curation. There is a high level of.. consistency to what you get for the price you pay.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I find particularly annoying is that these online “marketplaces” are not curated - they literally sell anything, probably drop shipped. It used to be that you would shop at a branded store, and there was a level of expectation that they had curated their collection so that it was of a quality that matched the stores brand. Some of their wares may be under their own branding, but they would sell other bands too t…
Are sold by "Amazon", "Walmart", "NewEgg" not curated? Amazon also has multiple curated store fronts, or collections, to my knowledge. In 2022 if you aren't buying "Sold by " on one of these market places then I think you should know what you are getting into.
When each of these first started doing third party marketplaces, it was a surprise. It's not like they announced to the world each time they dipped their toes into the market and each time they expanded it.
I'm not american, but I was very surprised that Walmart had gotten into that business. It would surprise me if similar retailers in my country started this too.
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#84The marketplace-ization (is there a word for that?) of every retailer feels so short sighted. I’ll throw out an example I’ve noticed lately - furniture manufacturers. Search for any item on Crate & Barrel or West Elm’s website and you’ll first see a handful of exclusive pieces that are clearly built for the brand. Keep scrolling and the search results gradually become a bunch of generic third party items that you can…
I think in Amazon's case, it is slowly degrading into a flea-market type of experience. It's harder and harder to find the good products from decent brands, even with a direct search. Many times the decent brand product seems to be someone independent who is buying the product elsewhere and shipping it on amazon for a markup. Then there's the word-jumble brands for products - they all seem to be fly-by-night products…
Even if you shop for brands on Amazon you have the risk of getting a counterfeit.
I was shopping for a particular weightlifting belt that is out of stock on the manufacturer's site. You can find them on Amazon but most likely they are not genuine.
Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
#85The marketplace-ization (is there a word for that?) of every retailer feels so short sighted. I’ll throw out an example I’ve noticed lately - furniture manufacturers. Search for any item on Crate & Barrel or West Elm’s website and you’ll first see a handful of exclusive pieces that are clearly built for the brand. Keep scrolling and the search results gradually become a bunch of generic third party items that you can…
I think in Amazon's case, it is slowly degrading into a flea-market type of experience. It's harder and harder to find the good products from decent brands, even with a direct search. Many times the decent brand product seems to be someone independent who is buying the product elsewhere and shipping it on amazon for a markup. Then there's the word-jumble brands for products - they all seem to be fly-by-night products…
Now this makes me happy. In sense it shows problem with breathless commentary on how Amazon can just take over front end and whole supply chain back end under its control without any possible challenge.
I believe even without regulation (not that I disagree with regulating Amazon) once a critical mass of customer think its shady place to buy good quality stuff. It is downhill for Amazon from there.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is one notable exception. The third-party products sold on Apple’s online store are all vetted by Apple. Apple, of course, are masters at guarding their reputation.
By contrast, Apple has let their App Store become a scam marketplace
I've found that it's been years since I browsed in there, are people still putting out interesting new things?
Besides the safari app and a big-name apps that you already know you want/need have been sufficent
Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
#87The marketplace-ization (is there a word for that?) of every retailer feels so short sighted. I’ll throw out an example I’ve noticed lately - furniture manufacturers. Search for any item on Crate & Barrel or West Elm’s website and you’ll first see a handful of exclusive pieces that are clearly built for the brand. Keep scrolling and the search results gradually become a bunch of generic third party items that you can…
My general theory is that by the time consumers catch on, the executives behind this have jumped ship to another company whose brand they can also mortgage for a nice-looking quarterly profit stat on their resume.
Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
#88The marketplace-ization (is there a word for that?) of every retailer feels so short sighted. I’ll throw out an example I’ve noticed lately - furniture manufacturers. Search for any item on Crate & Barrel or West Elm’s website and you’ll first see a handful of exclusive pieces that are clearly built for the brand. Keep scrolling and the search results gradually become a bunch of generic third party items that you can…
I think the marketplace approach will prove less successful in the longer term.
I can no longer trust any products or reviews on Amazon, for example, so I prefer not to shop there.
Did they make some short term gains in profitability? Probably. Not sure it will be worth it in the end
Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I find particularly annoying is that these online “marketplaces” are not curated - they literally sell anything, probably drop shipped. It used to be that you would shop at a branded store, and there was a level of expectation that they had curated their collection so that it was of a quality that matched the stores brand. Some of their wares may be under their own branding, but they would sell other bands too t…
Not only are they not curated, the marketplace owner will often do nothing about borderline fraud. A real life for-example: There's a specific kind of cat treat I used to buy on Amazon, at some point various (or maybe the same under different names, who knows) resellers began to sell that treat in a way where they would break up the retail packaging and sell single pouches for the same price as the MSRP for a whole c…
I’d be terrified that you’re getting fake pet food, as that seems less risky than faking human food.
Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards
#90Walmart is a retailer. Do people really think they (or Amazon, or anyone else) test every single one of the hundreds of millions of products sold on their site? If people choose to trust a hard drive made by "XGeek", well, that's on them. This is exactly why branding is a thing. Just stick to Seagate or WD next time.
You and I know how the marketplace system works.
My 70 year old uncle might just -reasonably- assume that buying from walmart.com is the same as walking into the store, and comes with the same return and quality guarantees. Stuff in the store is very much vetted, and individually chosen. Shelf space is an incredibly valuable commodity and any retailer knows not to just give it away. I don't know why e-store search results aren't seen as equally valuable.
That same uncle might not care, or even know, about the brands that make commodity computer hardware. I built my own gaming PC, and, beyond the processor I would have to double check the brand names on the other components (AMD GPU, but I don't know who made the card off the top of my head).