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Comment by tartoran | Hacker News Reader

I dont buy anything on Amazon anymore for this reason: knockoffs and scams.

It's more than cheap knock-offs, it's noise that makes it very difficult to find quality products. I usually have to look for reviews elsewhere, and find very specific search terms to find quality products that actually match their descriptions.

There are other retailers to give your money to. Maybe they're not as convient or offer one day shipping but also don't try to rip you off as blatantly as Amazon's dodgy sellers are doing.

Same. Amazon is just another ebay at this point.

Both have everything you can ever want and more, but way to much hassle to know if what I buying is legit and if it’s from a legit seller.

Amazon used to be my first option for years and now is my last.

> Amazon is just another ebay at this point.

For most non-brandname electronics and gadgets Amazon is just an Aliexpress frontend with a different skin. You can get the exact same stuff from Aliexpress, usually cheaper.

For well known brands you can find decent deals on Amazon sometimes - unless it's a knockoff/fake.

You know you can filter chinese brands out, right? right!?!?!

On amazon? No I don’t know.

> right!?!?!

Entirerly uneccesary. Please don’t do that.

Please explain how as it’s not obvious to me.

after finding a product, filter out the category or some other aspect of the product (but not rating and not 'prime').

after that first filter, a new filter will appear: seller. now you can filter for only amazon.com. this removes all FBA and marketplace sellers, which are 99% Chinese. If you recognize a reputable seller you could include them.

i believe this can only be done on web, not mobile.

it's very non obvious, intentionally so!

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