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openplatypus ◴[] 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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wombat-man ◴[] No.43801531[source]
Yeah Amazon is my last stop these days.
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mrweasel ◴[] No.43802057[source]
Well, I'd probably shop at Amazon before Temu, but yeah, Amazon is the option of last resort. I do wonder how common that sentiment is, probably not very, even if it seems like at least the people around me never really use Amazon anymore.

It varieres from region to region obviously, but here there's no point in ordering from Amazon. Everyone else is cheaper, have faster shipping and don't have a ridicules number of scamming sellers with fake, defective and dangerous products. It seems like Amazon should be failing, but I don't think they are.

The Amazon store really have become an absolute shitshow.

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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[] No.43802079[source]
I don’t buy anything over $50, on Amazon. Been burned by fakes and gray-market stuff (sold as legit brand).

Amazon definitely explicitly supports this.

What I do, is go directly to the product Web site (not the Amazon page for the manufacturer), and order from there. Sometimes, the fulfillment is via Amazon, but I know I’m getting the real thing. The difference in price is often smaller than you might think. Amazon prices aren’t that good, anymore.

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mrgoldenbrown ◴[] No.43803889[source]
If the fulfilment is by Amazon, how do you know you aren't getting a fake? Is there a way to see if a seller is using commingled inventory or not?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20499808

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1. addaon ◴[] No.43809514[source]
I make a habit of asking support whether things I’m buying are commingled. First-level support used to be able to tell me pretty quickly (and I got both “yes” and “no” answers), but these days I’ve had to escalate most of the time. Kind of nuts to me that it’s worth ten minutes of support time and twenty minutes of supervisor time for them to sell me a $3 usb cable, but they’re the ones paying, so…