I ordered a dozen eclipse glasses which are clearly fake or defective as I can see my kitchen light with them. Amazon did NOT send me a recall email. People are going to get injured. I hope Amazon gets sued for major punitive damages. They've had this problem for many years, have absolutely no quality control, and most of their products are fake or garbage. In response to returns of this garbage, they proceed to ban buyer accounts. Why does it have to take people going blind before Amazon changes its ways? What a shitty fucking company. Fuck them. I hope the people who suffer get awarded billions in damages but they won't. They'll be lucky to be able to afford their medical bills. And this despite the fact that Amazon knowingly failed to notify some users like myself. Fuck Amazon.
Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
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Re: Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
#62Related to this, there was a series of 'solar telescopes' being sold as Childrens Toys a couple years back (unfortunately I can't find the original article now) which was very dangerous because the usage was such that you use your eye on the telescope to view the image (rather than reflecting off a wall, which is a much safer practice) and the solar filter inside was very easily dislodged - not attached all that well. In the event it happens, you can say goodbye to your eyes :(
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps I am just risk averse, but this sounds enormously financially irresponsible. This man literally shoved all in on with a vendor he neither understood nor had a previous relationship with. I don't think you should be risking making rent for this type of thing.
That is what you have to do to start a business: take large risks. Many businesses fail like this and the entrepreneur loses a lot. It is common for someone running a small business to have to work a night job at a gas station or some such job because after paying the bills there isn't enough left to pay himself.
True, but when making investments like this you shouldn't invest money you can't afford to lose.
Re: Amazon's War on Fake Eclipse Glasses Trips Up Newbie Merchant
#64I work with Amazon sellers (including on getting suspended sellers reinstated). I am not sure that his story is the actual story. If the glasses were counterfeit, obviously his suspension was justified and he might have committed a felony. If they were authentic but just unsafe, he was foolish to have listed them when buying in such quantity and it's not surprising that Amazon would suspend him for trying to sell the…
Amazon have apparently panicked gone a bit wild with this. People have been reporting that they've got similar recall emails about high-end solar telescopes and similar equipment from reputable, established manufacturers and sellers: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/508537-pst-recall/
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but at the same time there are news articles going back to at least late July (google 'amazon policy eclipse') to Amazon giving refunds for shady (pun intended) sellers of fake eclipse shades. If his ability to pay rent is literally hinging on this get-rich scheme, you would think he would be more diligent. I do think Amazon acted correctly in suspending his account until he proved his items are legit.
Well, see if the get rich scheme worked, we'd all be doing it.
Well with that logic, it must work in some fashion else people wouldn't bother.