Hacker News Reader

I had a power strip catch fire. Posted photos and the seller tried desperately to get me to take them down. Monetary offers transitioned to creepy comments about my social media activity to try and freak me out.

Brennenstuhl? Da brennt der Stuhl! (There the chair is catching fire!) Had this many years ago, but not via Amazon, may have been a case of fake product, though. OTOH I came across reviews of this brand many years later, also on Amazon, stating similar. So either they are faked much, or their brand name is program.

Ugh, I had this problem looking for power strips on Amazon too. I wanted something with lots of reviews (to verify quality), but every product with a high number of reviews had at least one scary customer picture.

I ended up relying on brand trust: I looked up reputable brands and bought some Tripp Lite power strips.

Looking for smart Christmas tree light for next year and the listing go from sketchy Chinese stuff with clearly manufactured reviews to outright fraudulent products that use images straight off name brand advertisement for their knock-off lights