My wife and I are having the same discussion. We had a stretch where 8 of 10 orders were late, damaged, or clearly repackaged.

Buying from Amazon use to mean getting a legit product, quickly, and in new condition. Now it's a complete crap shoot what fake junk we're going to get.

Couldn't agree more. A decade ago, you'd always be 100% sure with Amazon. There was no need to be cautious. If the product was fake, broken, or you just didn't like it, Amazon would fix it. Support was both rarely needed and amazing. Their default answer before they were even sure what the issue was would be to overnight more things to you.

But these days, you've gotta keep your guard up at all times. Whoops, this isn't for sale from "Amazon," it's some rando on their marketplace. Hrm, do they have lots of reviews? Okay, let's check a few and see if they look real or fake. Is this the sort of product that might be faked or be a weird, cheap knockoff? Is this the right product page for this product or a weird clone of the real one? I can still get my business done with a minimum of being taken advantage of, but it's a lot harder to do now.

I bought a phone recently and specifically didn't go to Amazon for this reason. After searching for the kind of Samsung phone I wanted, I would find several slight variations, all with slightly different prices. It looked really sketchy to me.

Same goes for me. I stopped being an Amazon customer after I was able to find better quality or cheaper prices elsewhere.

Looking forwards to honey sciences New app for search aggregation

I easily switched all purchases to Target/Lowe’s/Home Depot/Staples/etc. I don’t have time to peruse through Amazon’s BS website.