Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months

Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by ericd on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:50PM (#25240426)

Is it very obvious? Is it more pronounced in specific categories? I keep hearing this, and I've never gotten an obvious fake, despite a large amount of Amazon usage. But maybe I've just been using fake stuff?

That said, I almost only buy the "shipped from and sold by Amazon.com" stuff, so maybe that's why. And if it's something that has obviously similar photos from a bunch of different "brands", I hop over to AliExpress to buy it at the source for 1/10 the price.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by ghaff on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:37PM (#25241886)

I wonder if there are a lot of people who go with the lowest price, don't even look at reviews, and are fine with FBA so long as it's cheapest. I order quite a bit off Amazon and just haven't had the counterfeit problem AFAIK.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by fredophile on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:46PM (#25241926)

My main concern is the non obvious fakes. The memory card that looks right but is slower than it should be or fails earlier than expected. The rechargeable battery that catches on fire. That sort of thing.

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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months by klipt on Saturday November 28, 2020 @11:13PM (#25242879)

Or even worse, the knockoff toy with swallowable magnets that results in your baby needing surgery to remove part of their intestines: https://www.workingmother.com/mom-is-warning-others-after-po...

From https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/amazon-dangerous-kids-pro...

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