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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by okay475008 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:02AM (#28582814)
You should really have a correction in the title, because the problem is coming from american wholesale accounts that purchase things around 100mqo from ali warehouses, it's not chinese people talking in english and scamming english speaking consumers into buying cheap plastic bought for 2$ a piece sold for 20$ on amazon, that's purely american greed.
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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by Closi on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:52AM (#28583605)
The title is correct - 600 Chinese brands were banned, and the reason for the ban was that the manufacturers were including incentives for leaving positive reviews within the product packaging.

The issue isn't product quality in this particular instance, or buying something for $2 and selling it for $20, it's that these brands were including incentives to write fake Amazon reviews inside the packaging of the goods they manufacture.

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