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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by maimeowmeow on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:12PM (#17418137)
Food items can end up 2x+ times the price over a grocery store because there are hidden shipping costs. And many times the higher prices cause less people to purchase, so the item has a short experiation date.

And Im concerned about knockoffs as well.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by xkjkls on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:40PM (#17418418)
Knockoffs of what food? Like selling not organic produce as organic?
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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by 0x4f3759df on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:59PM (#17418600)
NPR interviewed the author of Real Food, Fake Food. Basically everything is fake, olive oil, fish, Parmesan cheese

http://www.realfoodfakefood.com/real-food-fake-food-book-by-...

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by xkjkls on Thursday June 28, 2018 @01:09PM (#17418688)
That's far from an Amazon problem. Olive oil fraud has been a thing since before Christ.
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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by maimeowmeow on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:55PM (#17418568)
I used to hear about family members recieving fake ferroro rocher in America many years ago. But here is an recent example in china.

https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2017/02/08/Fake-Fe...

If there was any incentive to create and sell a knock off product, it is only increased when Amazon provides laxadasial environment.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by tigershark on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:03PM (#17419569)
If anyone buys a “ferroro” rocher instead of a “ferrero” rocher I would say that he is asking for a fake...
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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by maimeowmeow on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:14PM (#17419661)
Looks like a loophole if you place it in small font: "Its not ferrero, its ferroro"
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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by toephu2 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:44PM (#17422233)
Fake bananas from Honduras?
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