Re:Amazon, the Brand Buster
by nsnick on Sunday June 24, 2018 @08:13AM
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It is not good for consumers. You buy from a particular seller because you know based on reviews that their item is not counterfeit and then amazon sends you the item from someone else and it is.
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Receiving a counterfeit item must happen so very rarely, considering the (millions?) huge volume of these sales per day, and Amazon is obviously swift to fix the issue (much to the chagrin of sellers swept up by the zero tolerance rule) that I really doubt most consumers would ever receive a counterfeit item in this way. It seems more likely that consumers would buy the "cheaper" option from an FBA seller (perhaps unknowingly) and receive a knock off.
The major logistical advantages outweigh the very low possibility of abuse. If you asked the average consumer if they would like to receive their item 2 days faster, but risk a 1 in 1000 chance that they get a bogus item they will need to exchange with Amazon at no cost, I think the former would win by a mile.
You're wildly off base here.
The chances of getting a counterfeit item in some product categories is basically 100%. Go ahead, try to buy a real pair of Apple iPhone corded headphones on Amazon. That assignment is quite literally impossible.
Or buy https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ol/B01M0GB8CC/ref=olp_tab_new?i... from datavision self fulfilled, they're the only seller on a ton of apple stuff and I assume they're authorized
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MMEF2AM-AirPods-Wireless-Blueto...
Here, buy from Amazon direct and you'll get a real one.
Or it’s a counterfeit charger that fries their $2500 laptop.
Re:Amazon, the Brand Buster
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday June 24, 2018 @12:39PM
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Or burns down the house. (This may be worse with batteries than chargers, but both can be a fire hazard)