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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:09PM (#10313792)
AFAICT, that problem is general to buying anything through Amazon except things sold directly by Amazon.
Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by x0x0 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:21PM (#10313932)
Yeah, it's becoming annoying. Batteries are more likely fake/offbrand than not, even when the ad claims otherwise, and last at best 3 months instead of 24 in my car's key fob. I got frustrated and eventually bought them at a local hardware store. Replacement chargers are chinese imitation shit. I've had an increasing number of purchases that don't match their descriptions. Amazon has been very good about it, and always refunds my money, but I'm still left without the plant mite spray or battery or whatever that I needed in the first place, so that only helps so much. I would have thought amazon would be working to get a handle on this but maybe their analytics tell them it doesn't matter.
Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by javert on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:17PM (#10314337)
Yeah I've bought bad batteries from Amazon (they were recharged AAs being sold as new), of course from a third-part seller.

Amazon doesn't care; thousands of people complain, and they keep letting it happen.

Amazon Subprime.

Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by totalrobe on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:36PM (#10314484)
Bought some LED kitchen track lights on amazon that uniformly burned out in < 2 months
Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by matt-attack on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:12PM (#10314762)
Yes me too. Never thought to blame Amazon. Do you have a recommendation for a more quality product?
Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by cwyers on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:53PM (#10314176)
Honestly I'm not sure stuff sold directly by Amazon is an exception.
Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by quicklyfrozen on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:53PM (#10315043)
But at least you'll be able to return it without hassle if it's not right