Amazon orders are banned from our lab supply list because you never actually get the same thing twice, and they vanish on first bad review.
Related, I've been buying the exact color, style, and brand of sock, from Amazon, for the past ~10 years. I have a sock drawer full of completely different socks.
I've had people in real life start to recommend some product, "oh you just buy it on Amazon" and that is a thought-terminating cliché, because that's like telling me to "go buy it in the shopping mall".
Anker has an official store on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/47CF0F10-7C80-4CCA-A398-A...
I personally love Belkin, also with an official store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/C59F9C55-1122-462C-863E-D...
My Ethernet cables are Tripp Lite, so try their USB: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/D85D7CDC-7E0F-4C9A-8829-2...
So many reputable vendors have established presence in the marketplace on Amazon now. But you must carefully inspect every item in your cart, because you will find lots of brand-items advertised from fly-by-night sellers with poor reputations. But once you see your reputable vendor name, and/or "Sold through Amazon, fulfilled by Amazon" then I've never needed to worry about the end result.
Anker has steps to prove the product is genuine and only guarantee non-counterfeit from offline stores: https://www.anker.com/eu-en/verify
[1] https://www.kuow.org/podcast/newsroom/2019-12-02/sellers-fig...
> When Amazon lists a product, that listing consolidates reviews for many different suppliers of that product. Some of them might be official Felco dealers, others may be arbitrage buyers who've picked up pruners from overseas suppliers at a discount.
[2] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872426...
See sections "We Are Impacted by Fraudulent or Unlawful Activities of Sellers" and "We Face Risks Related to Adequately Protecting Our Intellectual Property Rights and Being Accused of Infringing Intellectual Property Rights of Third Parties"
Have you read their update announcing changes as of March 31, 2026?
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t...