News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

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

Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by rwmj on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @04:31PM (#12747420)
I didn't try a CC chargeback. However Amazon gives you the money back. The catch is you can't do that until the unrealistically long delivery time has expired, and that's usually 2 months. So they have your money for that time, and you have no product.

I'm not actually sure what the scam is. Does the seller disappear with Amazon's money? Or earns interest? Or maybe they speculatively list many lines and only manage to source a few?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers and cables sold... by danieltillett on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @04:57PM (#12747594)
It might be try and get the small percentage of people that forget about the order or who can’t be bother doing the charge back.
[ Parent | on HN ]