How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game

Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by asendra on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:04PM (#14394664)

My understanding is that not even that is safe. Amazon mixes stock for the same sku product from all their suppliers, so even if only one of them is selling fakes, you can get one.

Not even "Ship from and sold by Amazon.com" is safe for the same reason I believe.

To clarify: This is based on experiences I've had en AmazonES buying things directly from Amazon (Gillete razors from the top of my head) and them being obviously fake. Also from previous discussions in HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12061288

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13955981

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by trizic on Monday May 22, 2017 @01:19PM (#14395312)

This happened to me with a Steam Controller. Ordered "Ship from and sold by Amazon.com" and received one without retail packaging and accessories and was defective. Had no issues with it getting replaced by Amazon. I assume some sellers use FBA to let Amazon deal with customer service so they can get away with selling bad products.

Really wish they wouldn't mix SKU and stock. Perhaps its cheaper for them and if the customer notices they can replace it and still come out ahead. But it doesn't seem fair for someone who can't identify a fake product.

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by SparkyMcUnicorn on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:25PM (#14394854)

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by petra on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:15PM (#14394771)

I believe Amazon does co-signing when you buy "sold from Amazon". Are you sure they also do so when sold directly through supplier , and not under prime ?

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by SparkyMcUnicorn on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:28PM (#14394886)

If it's not fulfilled by Amazon, then it's not coming from Amazon's warehouse. It could be subject to counterfeit by the seller, seller's supplier, or possibly even the sellers fulfillment center.

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by petecooper on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:08PM (#14394694)

Interesting. My experiences with Amazon UK fulfilment is the exact opposite.

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Re:How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own acces... by extrapickles on Monday May 22, 2017 @01:39PM (#14395481)

I believe for Amazon UK commingling is off by default, where as in the US its on by default.

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