Amazon Is Complicit in Online Sales of Counterfeit Goods: Report

Re:Amazon Is Complicit in Online Sales of Counterfeit Goods:... by bkraz on Saturday June 16, 2018 @03:10PM (#17328818)

I've made purchases from Amazon 1-2 times per week for the last few years, and have never once received an item that I suspected as counterfeit. I've ordered everything from food to everyday sundries to pretty esoteric lab equipment. I'm always very surprised by these threads on HN where people say that everything is counterfeit.

Cheap, no-name electronics are plentiful, of course. Not everyone can afford to shop at high-end electronics stores that stock only name brands. Sometimes the knockoffs work better than the original. Often times not. Why do people think the sky is falling?

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Re:Amazon Is Complicit in Online Sales of Counterfeit Goods:... by sgwae on Saturday June 16, 2018 @06:47PM (#17329899)

There are lots of knock of bose headphone that sell for 300+ real, but 100 fake. The difference of a bose noise canceling, and generic brand is huge difference. The packaging of fakes is getting really good. Im not taking a risk from Amazon, when best buy has a lower chance of counterfiet inventory.

A seller can easily submit many fakes into inventory on amazon. But someone who returns a fake to best buy, but keeping the real device had to risk getting recorded, and can only do so at a slower rate of one item at a time.

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