alt Hacker NewsA real reason to avoid Amazon is fake merchandise. I'd been buying a vitamin supplement from them for years. Then they sent me a notice that it was being recalled as a fake.[1] (Archive [2]) They paid a refund for the last purchase. But that's all. Amazon won't respond to questions about what was in it or who the real seller is.
I no longer buy anything from Amazon that could be faked.
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I know it's not a very popular cause these days, but "Democracy" seems like a real reason too.
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DJUK8HS/ref=ask_ql_qh_d...
PreserVision -> I've never heard about that brand, so I would have never bought it. What was the reason behind your purchase decision?
I bought a book. A literal book. And it was wrong size, wrong paper, printed on a 5 degree skew including the cover. It should have been from Simon and Schulster, but despite Sold and Shipped, it just wasn’t.
It’s all fake. Every bit of it.
I’m having trouble finding alternatives. Do I really have to go to four or five different websites to buy my supplements.
My rule is anything that goes on or in my body, I don't buy form Amazon for that reason.
Was it “Sold by Amazon” or a third party marketplace seller?
How do you know what cannot be faked? Is shipped and sold by Amazon enough?
Good rule of thumb is that if it goes on or in your body do not buy it from Amazon.