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Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards

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Post by bombcar »

zarriak wrote: post #59

Walmart has also fed into this a lot by making it so they are your one stop shop by making it ship stuff that isn’t in stock at your local store. They also by default will give you substitutions if you are doing an online store pickup or delivery order which only has more room for abuse or manipulation of substituting your items for things they need to get rid of etc. I only use it for a family member but they have i…

The substitution thing has worked well for me - they now alert you in the app before and you can yes/no the substitution. You can also mark “ride or die” on items and if they can’t get it they don’t substitute.

I don’t recall if they upcharge for more expensive substitution now - before it was free, which was a bit abuseable.

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Post by stronglikedan »

walrus01 wrote: post #95

If you think 30TB fake hard drives are bad, the Amazon marketplace is now selling Taliban flags printed by 3rd party sellers in China. At least there's no ISIS flags yet. I assume whatever flag factory in china is cranking out $10 flags doesn't care about the content of what's printed on them.

Good. They should be able to sell any flags they want.

Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards

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Post by elliekelly »

MarkusWandel wrote: post #78
hotpotamus wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, I relatively recently learned about Aliexpress and it seems like most American retailers are just a local cache for them. But if I can order sketchy Chinese knick-knacks directly and skip the markup at the cost of a bit more waiting time, I'd just as soon do that. I've also found the Chinese customer service speaks English just fine and have been great whenever I've had to deal with them.

A facebook friend posted a picture of a bangle that she'd bought off an e-commerce site in the neighbourhood of $20 that was disappointing. I simply did a google image search on the picture (the e-commerce site's listing) and sure enough, it hit on Ali Express for something in the neighbourhood of $1.80, free shipping.

So much of the "handmade" jewelry from Etsy comes directly from AliExpress now.

Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards

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Post by ehPReth »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #76
hbn wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"What if it hurts our reputation? Customers might flock to a competitor!" "Competitor?" entire board room bursts into laughter

I did stop using Amazon years ago except as an Aliexpress alternative after I found out about commingling. I moved my business to Best Buy/Costco/Target/Walmart/Home Depot/Staples/etc. But the reason Amazon probably does not care about that because they have much better profit margin opportunities (AWS, Prime Video and Music, warehouse infrastructure as a service and delivery as a service).

Same here for most things. There's no way I'll buy flash (SD cards, etc) storage from Amazon anymore. That was a sad day when I learned why stuff seemed to be dying more often than usual.

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Post by haliskerbas »

hotpotamus wrote: post #60
samwillis wrote: post #25

Earlier 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…

Yep, I relatively recently learned about Aliexpress and it seems like most American retailers are just a local cache for them. But if I can order sketchy Chinese knick-knacks directly and skip the markup at the cost of a bit more waiting time, I'd just as soon do that. I've also found the Chinese customer service speaks English just fine and have been great whenever I've had to deal with them.

Is it actually sketchy then? You get the product and good customer service it sounds like. All Knick knacks are Chinese. Most common goods will be a rebrand of something similar, especially if you buy from Amazon.

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Post by ehPReth »

paxys wrote: post #46

Walmart 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.

Third party sellers are a cancer on the once ~good Amazon, Walmart, etc. Especially with commingling. With commingling you can't even be sure the "WD" you bought from "Amazon" is actually from Amazon's stock or a third party's fake they've sent in there.

Re: Walmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That's Two Small SD Cards

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Post by ehPReth »

kbos87 wrote: post #8

The 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 really hope for a day, that will never come, where Amazon throws out its third party sellers.
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