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Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by qudat on Saturday May 08, 2021 @12:48PM (#27088751)
> I can’t help but point out that you could call the store before you left your house. And when in the store, you could ask a sales associate for help.

This is still worse than going to amazon and doing a quick search, seeing a ton of different products that satisfy your needs, and reading reviews from people that bought them. Then when you purchase it arrives in a day. Fake reviews aside, this is vastly superior.

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Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by yabadubakta on Saturday May 08, 2021 @12:53PM (#27088786)
And then possibly ending up with a counterfeit.
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Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by corty on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:00AM (#27095945)
That is equally possible in a brick-and-mortar store. Even regulated shops such as pharmacies are suspected of selling counterfeits: https://www.deutsche-apotheker-zeitung.de/news/artikel/2017/...

I'd even argue that brick-and-mortar is more prone to counterfeits because control buying by the original producers is far harder.

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Re:Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shoppi... by varispeed on Saturday May 08, 2021 @12:55PM (#27088818)
And mislead by fake reviews.
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