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Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by bribroder on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:03AM (#17940847)
How about, "Jeff, I used to love Amazon, but since you started fronting a bunch of knockoff products I can no longer confidently choose the lowest priced options--I wish your selection was less vast and more select, and I'd even be willing to pay slightly higher prices to ensure that the quality remained consistent even amongst the lowest priced products."

That actually describes the strategy of some other brands like REI which have higher prices but consistently higher quality products

Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by flippyhead on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:38AM (#17940988)
Totally agree. I buy a lot from Amazon. But not when, for example, my survival might depend on it. Then I buy from REI.
Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by cobookman on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:35AM (#17941246)
Rei also has better support. I often buy stuff from bed bath and beyond over Amazon due to it's return policy and no knock offs
Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by arbie on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:05AM (#17940858)
This is why you only buy items that are both "shipped from" and "sold by" Amazon. They are very good about accepting returns.
Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by caseysoftware on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:42AM (#17941009)
"Accepting returns" means that I have to deal with a counterfeit product. Requesting the return, shipping it off, and ordering a new one (aka real one) are a series of pains that I'd rather skip.

Product QA, tracking inventory provenance, and punishing bad actors would be a major improvement.

Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by exco on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:02AM (#17941093)
An additional problem with that is that Amazon will not guarantee that the replacement will be a genuine product.
Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by digitaLandscape on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:36AM (#17940983)
Amazon has been shipping counterfeit products when you buy "directly" from them for more than five years, now.

They don't care at all. The market is failing to punish them. We need a government to step in and fuck them up.

Re:Why Amazon is eating the world (2017) by homero on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:13AM (#17940898)
Comingled means those can be counterfeit