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Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by FounderBurr on Monday March 22, 2021 @03:42AM (#26537842)
“3rd party on Amazon”

Which means nothing. Same as buying from eBay or AliExpress or Wish.

(Surprised Pikachu face)

Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by lmm on Monday March 22, 2021 @03:49AM (#26537877)
Amazon deliberately obscures that. They can't have it both ways; they present these sellers as part of their store, so they should take responsibility for the goods they sell.
Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by corty on Monday March 22, 2021 @04:25AM (#26538100)
There is a tiny 'sold by X and shipped by Y' somewhere on the right in small print. I'm not sure that that's sufficient, but it is there.

What is really lacking is a filter to get rid of all results not sold by amazon.

Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by minimaul on Monday March 22, 2021 @04:37AM (#26538171)
Unfortunately, even buying from Amazon (with eg Amazon.co.uk as seller) doesn't help with this completely, because of Amazon's stock co-mingling setup.
Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by fmajid on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:44AM (#26538621)
Even buying from Amazon itself is no guarantee because they commingle inventory. The OP should totally escalate to Amazon customer service for a full refund on a fraudulent product, but you get the feeling Amazon is fully aware of the situation and profiting from it, and treats the occasional refund as a cost of doing business.
Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by mjs on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:26AM (#26538880)
Do you have a source for this?
Re:Counterfeit Mitutoyo digital calipers (2019) by bitexploder on Monday March 22, 2021 @07:20AM (#26539312)
The inventory mingling is a well known problem. Just search it up. The fact that Amazon won’t fix it and does it on purpose leads to a relatively narrow range of conclusions.