Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49%

Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by blt on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:03PM (#17526669)

There's a lot of counterfeit stuff on Amazon. I ordered a Pulltaps corkscrew and the chrome-plated metal part [1] was instead made of crudely bent sheet metal that didn't look remotely authentic. After that I mainly use Amazon for small household consumables. I also heard stories about counterfeit Mitutoyo calipers [2] so I didn't even consider trying Amazon for those.

[1] http://cellarsofwine.com/img/pulltex-pulltaps-double-hinged-...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnDype-j3hk

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by cottonseed on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:30PM (#17526884)

> After that I mainly use Amazon for small household consumables.

I got fake Dove soap from Amazon.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by stevenwoo on Friday July 13, 2018 @07:47PM (#17527778)

Holy cow, I'd love to know what is in fake soap that is cheaper than real soap. Someone should do an in depth analysis on that.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by EliRivers on Saturday July 14, 2018 @04:56AM (#17529473)

No quality control and nobody checking that it's not going to give you chemical burns.

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Re:Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49% by blt on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:27PM (#17528450)

no marketing budget.

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