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Re:How Scammers in China Manipulate Amazon [video] by pbhjpbhj on Monday December 17, 2018 @11:42AM (#18700028)
The problem is then you can't always tell if you're getting the same product as that reviewer.
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Re:How Scammers in China Manipulate Amazon [video] by dawnerd on Monday December 17, 2018 @12:07PM (#18700231)
A lot of products also have this problem where the listing page will have selectable variations that are totally different products. So naturally one could be total rubbish but the overall review score hides it. Amazon does it with their own basics items so it’s not something just scammers do. Sidenote, their powered usb hubs are garbage.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-4-Port-USB-2-0-Ultra-Min...

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Re:How Scammers in China Manipulate Amazon [video] by stupidbird on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:10PM (#18702714)
Right, that has happened to me before. I've just returned the item in that case. It seems less likely to happen if the item is fulfilled by Amazon.
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