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Amazon Japan ordered to pay 35M. yen for allowing listing of fakes

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170 points resonious | 1 comments | 26 Apr 25 04:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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openplatypus ◴[26 Apr 25 07:03 UTC] No.43801514[source]▶
I wish this was more common.

I rarely, like once every 6 months, look for some obscure thing on Amazon. First thing I do after finding products, I research which one of the listing has any chance of not being a fake/dud/scam.

I can't imagine buying anything of value on Amazon.

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1. CM30 ◴[26 Apr 25 13:29 UTC] No.43803464[source]▶
Honestly, I'm surprised authorities haven't come down hard on these 'marketplaces' for neglience given how often they seem to completely ignore both safety and IP laws.

I guarantee a smaller company would probably be sued into oblivion if they were as relaxed about what they stocked as Amazon is. Same with an app store that was as willing to stock knockoffs and fakes as the iOS App Store and Google Play.

The fact these companies seem to be able to just stock anything and everything without any sort of oversight or quality control, and can just basically say "buyer beware" boggles the mind, especially compared to traditional retail and offline equivalents.