Re:Counterfeit Macbook charger teardown: convincing outside ...
by f_allwein on Monday March 21, 2016 @04:38AM
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Ironically, it's the same issues even with shirts:
http://hypebeast.com/2015/7/fake-fashion-costs-the-industry-...
They simply don't give a shit that it's virtually impossible to buy non-counterfeit laptop chargers, phone chargers, batteries, or most electronics on their site.
They also are alleged to, when you buy item X directly from amazon, ship you item X from the closest warehouse both in their stock and in fulfilled by amazon stock. So who knows that the hell the provenance of the item you receive is.
All of the above is fine for a book or a shirt, but not fine for power electronics or food.
Though Apple sucks as well for gouging you on their ludicrously overpriced chargers with their fragile yet non-replaceable output cables. If their chargers weren't nearly $100 w/ tax and shipping this wouldn't be as big of a problem.