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Re:Amazon Warehouse scam: 16TB HDD swapped for 8TB, returned... by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:26PM (#23943477)
Unfortunately I suspect everything on Amazon is unreliable now, we just notice technology item issues first because we know them better.
Re:Amazon Warehouse scam: 16TB HDD swapped for 8TB, returned... by LordDragonfang on Saturday July 25, 2020 @01:07AM (#23946989)
Not necessarily; tech items have huge margins compared to raw materials cost, most of the expense is design and QC. Binned/inferior components marked as the genuine article are worth counterfeiting in a way that other items aren't, besides the other known exceptions (e.g. fashion items)