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This strikes me as very idealistic.

They are selling more than double the amount of stuff they were 5 years ago, and are over half of US ecommerece. You might care about getting a fake charger, but 90% of people don't give a crap if it's 30% cheaper than the real thing and magically appears at their house the next day.

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMZN/amazon/revenu...

I think AWS and retail/AFT are basically two different companies. I don't think what happens in one reflects on or affects the other, at all.

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You’re not getting a fake for 30% off... because then it is not a fake.. that’s just some off brand crap

It’s a fake when you get a counterfeit item that is sold to you at full price under the listing for the real thing. I think most people that seek out a particular brand and then find out it is a fake are pretty pissed off.

> but 90% of people don't give a crap if it's 30% cheaper than the real thing and magically appears at their house the next day

...until it burns their house down.

Yes, but at that point it is too late, right? I'm not defending the business practice--I just don't think many consumers consider that kind of exceptional possibility when they make purchases.

Wait until it happens enough to make the news.

People do care about fake chargers when they make their phone explode or their house burn down.

Genuine Samsung premium phones can do that too.

Just saying...

Sometimes yes, but if it happens there will be a very public recall, and they will replace the device for free. A crappy charger someone bulk- ordered white-label is not going to have either of those things.

Replacing a phone isn't going to help someone who's house burned down

You can plausibly sue Samsung for it. Does AMZ have the same accountability?

When Samsung phones had a well publicized issue. Airlines prohibited their phones and called them out by name before every flight. You bet that's going to encourage them to never make that mistake again.

and fake batteries! - for laptops, cameras and cell phones - I have seen some really bad stuff come from the smiling boxes - and read nightmares from others.

It's to the point that I do not buy any batteries from Amazon and tell others to be wary, fire to save a few bucks is not worth it.

Sometimes it's easy to spot knockoffs, other times the sellers have the name of the OEM as their store it seems - and it's crazy bad.

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