Re:What does it mean when a product is “Amazon’s Choice”?
by cm2187 on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @03:33AM
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I use amazon as much as I can, but I would never trust their supply chain with my life or my health. I don't think I would ever buy such an item on their website, nor anything I would apply to my skin or ingest. Even if they displayed a model suitable for climbing, how would you know it is guenine?
The counterfeit problem is real. Like half of their intel 10gbe NIC are counterfeit (I know because a Synology NAS will only work with a guenine model).
Re:What does it mean when a product is “Amazon’s Choice”?
by oasisbob on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @02:38PM
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Agreed. Amazon has lost my trust here. But, that being said...
With climbing gear, it seems to be less about counterfeits, and more about shady manufacturers / knockoffs with illegitimate safety certifications.
Hot forging takes a lot of work and tooling. I'm not sure there's ever been true counterfeit climbing hardware in the wild.
Re:What does it mean when a product is “Amazon’s Choice”?
by siruncledrew on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:47AM
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There's merchants that even put fake "Amazon's Choice" banners in their product picture to mislead customers: https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/9rawes/fake_...
It's also a pretty blatant violation of Amazon's TOS.
Looking now, I'm surprised to see they've actually fixed it and have chosen something appropriate. [1]
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Positron-Screwgate-Pack...