Re:Amazon's Tepid Response to Counterfeiters Frustrates Sellers
by shawn-furyan on Saturday March 25, 2017 @02:29PM
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Similar story, but with 3 consecutive large capacity HGST hdds that were sold as new (SMART told a different story), switching sellers each time. Ultimately just went to Newegg.
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Re:Amazon's Tepid Response to Counterfeiters Frustrates Sellers
by webster23 on Saturday March 25, 2017 @03:24PM
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The problem with the fake replacement batteries isn't new.
In 2015 the german computer magazine ct bought 12 "samsung" batteries at amazon and all were fake.
https://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2015-10-Amazon-verkauft-nach...
Re:Amazon's Tepid Response to Counterfeiters Frustrates Sellers
by noir_lord on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:13PM
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Yep, I buy from Aria in the UK, the prices are always in the ballpark of Amazon's give or take (and occasionally a lot cheaper), they have genuinely knowledgeable about computer gear staff and I've never had an issue with a single aspect of them as a company (bar a postcode problem with a shipping address which wasn't their fault and they did get sorted).
It's not an entirely fair comparison since aria specialises in technology but when they do that and match price then Amazon has no competitive edge.