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Re:Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correc... by PenguinCoder on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:23AM (#33865262)
I have had great experiences with B&H photo - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/
Re:Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correc... by kup0 on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:44AM (#33865518)
This is where I try to buy most of my electronic equipment now. The shipping is quite fast to my location (faster than Amazon Prime) and the prices are usually pretty competitive.
Re:Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correc... by ChrisMarshallNY on Monday December 05, 2022 @09:24AM (#33865994)
B&H is excellent. I also tend to go directly to manufacturer sites. They may actually use Amazon for fulfillment, but you can be assured that the product you get, is real.

I generally don't go for extremely reduced prices. I find that it is way too easy for scammers to take advantage of us, not paying too much attention to something we get at a good price.

Every. Single. Time. that I've gotten a "great deal" on something, it has turned out to be fake.

I have a pair of "Nike" shoes at home, that are obvious counterfeits. I still have the original Pegasus 30 shoes, that I got over ten years ago, at a local store, and they are actually fine. The soles got flat, which was why I wanted to get new ones.

The "Nikes" that I brought from Amazon, a few years ago, crapped out, after just three or four months. They actually cracked.

Re:Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correc... by Someone1234 on Monday December 05, 2022 @09:27AM (#33866048)
I like B&H, purchased a lot of stuff there and will continue to in the future, one note is that they're a New York-based company and everything ships from there. So if you're on the East Coast: Great! Whereas if you're on the West Coast you'll wait 2-3 more days.

That and the website used to not let you even PLACE an order during Saturdays and some other Jewish holidays. I understand not working during those, but not letting an automated system write an order to a database somewhere, was odd.