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Re:$118 16TB SSD on Amazon, 4 star reviews mention cuff link... by mrb on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:43AM (#33542730)
My technique to avoid fraudulent products on Amazon: click on the seller ("Sold by mucaoxikeji") which reveals... "No feedback yet - NEW SELLER" Done ! Only took 2 seconds. It's very simple: I never buy from new sellers, or from those with too few reviews (<100). You do this and honestly you avoid 99% of fraudulent products. The 1% that can hit you is cases where for example counterfeit items end up in commingled inventory, which is quite rare in my personal experience. It happened only twice—that I know of—despite spending easily $20-30k/year at Amazon.
Re:$118 16TB SSD on Amazon, 4 star reviews mention cuff link... by toomanyusers on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:53AM (#33542800)
Does Amazon have a policy guaranteeing it won't ship items sourced from commingled inventory with its sellers when you purchase "Ships by and Sold by Amazon.com"?

I heard that you can get items from random small sellers (including counterfeit items and used items being packaged as new) even when you think you are purchasing only from Amazon. I haven't bought anything on Amazon since.

Re:$118 16TB SSD on Amazon, 4 star reviews mention cuff link... by mrb on Thursday November 10, 2022 @01:25AM (#33542975)
I don't know. Some claim that up until 3 years ago, Amazon was still commingling their own inventory, but they have stopped since then. However I can't find any authoritative source to confirm this.