Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands for review fraud

Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by sundvor on Saturday September 18, 2021 @08:27PM (#28580593)

I've mainly had good experiences recently, but I'm in Australia. I try to only buy from the stores that are associated with the Prime offering, as I figured it'll help filter bad things?

My items have included a number of different signal cables, coffee bean storage canister, knife sharpener, microfibre cloths - all top notch quality.

I had one shipment get lost in the AusPost system which was frustrating (the tracking was active, but it ended up in a truly weird place), but received a refund as soon as I escalated it.

And I do recall needing to vet the knife sharpener as there were a bunch of fakes; the one I ended up with was top notch.

I wonder if the Australian branch performs some vetting, or if I've just been lucky.

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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by sen on Saturday September 18, 2021 @09:04PM (#28580781)

Yeah I’m in AU too and generally buy 1-2 things a week from Amazon for the last couple years (thanks to lockdown etc), and I’ve never had a single fake/returned item. I only buy from local Amazon and never the international ones, and only things with Prime.

Might be because we’re too small of a market for it to be an issue yet? Not sure.

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