More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold on Amazon are fake

Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by e40 on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @11:25AM (#12744599)

I bought a cable recently from a company. They said the delivery was 6-8 weeks in the future. Ouch. 2 months later I try and lodge a complaint and they're no longer on Amazon. I review them and find 100's of 1 star reviews from people saying they never got their order.

So, someone set up a fake account on Amazon and got a lot of orders, then they disappeared.

I'm very disappointed that the "marketplace" has come to this.

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Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by rwmj on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @11:55AM (#12744918)

Happened to me twice recently. Seems to be a new kind of scam.

You will eventually get your money back, but still, Amazon get your money for months on end, and you have no product.

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Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by ghufran_syed on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:11PM (#12746782)

If you complain to amazon and they don't refund your money in a reasonable amount of time (2 weeks?), then just get in touch with your credit card company and do a chargeback. To do this, it's best if you keep a record of your interactions with amazon to support your chargeback request

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Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by Pinckney on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @09:46PM (#12749305)

Does this not get you banned?

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Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by e40 on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:22AM (#12753095)

As soon as I complained, they refunded me.

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