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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by ams6110 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @06:10PM (#19532228)
The local business probably isn't selling counterfeit goods.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by kvhdude on Saturday March 30, 2019 @06:40PM (#19532410)
How is amazon getting away with this? I have never been able to find a genuine laptop battery, phone battery etc.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by vinay427 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:17AM (#19534187)
I wouldn't say they're counterfeit, assuming you mean the ones I'm thinking of. They're branded as produced by third-parties, so it's clear that they're not an OEM product. There's nothing wrong with selling replacement supplies for devices.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by dagw on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:49AM (#19534708)
Amazon definitely sells straight up counterfeits as well. It's also a huge problem in the designer clothes and shoe space.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by nightfly on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:55AM (#19534724)
/Amazon/ doesn't sell them, but sellers using the Amazon marketplace do.
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Re:A barber shop on wheels that you book via an app by dagw on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:57AM (#19534726)
True. But for most users the difference is meaningless and Amazon isn't doing much to help make the distinction clear.
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