Certainly in the UK, we don't have the same issues with terrible Chinese fakes that I hear about from US Amazon users.
I'd sooner give Argos the money, they aren't that much more expensive (if at all) for the common set of things they sell and I can walk and pick it up same day.
They broke the first rule of e-commerce - "Don't make the customer think".
When people buy from Alibaba and resell it on Amazon, they're not bothering to issue recalls.
argos are great. I ordered something from them for next day delivery and I had it 20 minutes later. The nearest Argos to me is about 15 minutes away so they must have been sitting waiting for orders.
Whether they're dangerous I don't know, I've not tried them.