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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by ForHackernews on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:30PM (#18857413)
As it grows larger, the "Amazon marketplace" is getting more and more filled with garbage knockoff products and fake reviews. There may eventually come a tipping point where they lose user trust.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by sejordan on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:04PM (#18857749)
I feel like every time there is a discussion about Amazon on the Internet, this point is brought up.

I spent about $9,000 on Amazon across 139 orders in 2018. I buy a lot on Amazon. I've never had a problem with receiving knockoff products. I don't understand how this can be such a prevalent issue when I've not run into it, given how much I use Amazon.

The only thing I can think is that, if I'm buying something expensive, I'll strictly only purchase items "Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc" or alternatively, I'll use a marketplace seller if the seller is the manufacturer of the item I'm buying.

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @02:14PM (#18858555)
> The only thing I can think is that, if I'm buying something expensive, I'll strictly only purchase items "Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc"

If you are trying to avoid counterfeits, that's not really helpful, since the problem with counterfeits is magnified by commingling, by which items sold by Amazon itself, and FBA sellers that do not opt-out of it are mixed and orders fulfilled with goods that may have been sourced by any of the sellers.

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by airstrike on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:16PM (#18857863)
> I'll strictly only purchase items "Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc"

Most users don't think to check for that, though. I know my mother-in-law doesn't...

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by lotsofpulp on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:27PM (#18857997)
They intentionally don't offer the option to filter for it many times, otherwise, I would have that permanently selected.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by RhodesianHunter on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:39PM (#18857515)
Most people in my circle already won't buy anything they put in their bodies from Amazon, because the risk of Chinese counterfeits is just too great.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by gregknicholson on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:45PM (#18857567)
If that happens, I don't think the problem will be perceived as "Amazon" — people will say "online shopping" is untrustworthy, like how "social media" is responsible for the world's ills, not "Facebook".
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by willismichael on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:38PM (#18857497)
My hope is that smaller, more focused online retailers and marketplaces emerge that can compete in specific verticals. For example, I already go to non-amazon sites where I prefer to buy music gear and computer hardware.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by SneakerXZ on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:33PM (#18858062)
This is more popular in EU. In many countries Amazon even does not operate, and even in Germany people try to prefer different place if they can.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by lostlogin on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:48PM (#18857593)
Unmentioned here as far as I can see is their attitude to worker’s rights. That’s massively off-putting for me.
Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by Shorel on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @06:48PM (#18860969)
For many things that is an issue.

But I still buy laptops and other electronics from Amazon.

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by nvusuvu on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:38PM (#18857496)
I'm almost there now.