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posted by martyb on Thursday February 14 2019, @11:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the fakes-news dept.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/04/amazon-10k-warns-investors-about-counterfeit-problem-for-first-time.html

After years of denial and stonewalling, Amazon has admitted for the first time that they have a problem with counterfeit products. This primarily affects the Amazon Marketplace.

As a personal victim of getting counterfeit goods several times from Amazon (and eBay), I thought I'd help spread the word a bit farther. Apparently counterfeit board games is a big thing.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday February 14 2019, @02:34PM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 14 2019, @02:34PM (#800992) Journal

    Ebay is better than Amazon, in that, if you're scammed, Ebay will refund your money.

    First time, I purchased ten LED lightbulbs, but only recieved 8. I asked twice for the guy to send me two more bulbs, he replied in Chenglish (Chinese English) and never did admit that he understood what the problem was. Ebay refunded my money, and I kept the 8 bulbs.

    Over the past holiday season, I was ripped off TWICE, nondelivery. Ebay refunded my money in both instances. There have been a couple others, I'd have to look at the details, but I always get my money back. Ebay isn't bashful about enforcing their rules.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @02:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @02:59PM (#801004)

    I bought a PC on eBay, but then the seller (with a long standing good reputation) refunded the paypal funds, I paid again, refunded again, then wanted to get paid via a different paypal account. I refused and lodged an eBay complaint. The seller closed shop and disappeared.

  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Thursday February 14 2019, @04:15PM (3 children)

    by richtopia (3160) on Thursday February 14 2019, @04:15PM (#801026) Homepage Journal

    This is also why the standard use case of "sell my used ___" of Ebay is no longer popular. With Ebay siding with the buyer typically, the seller can easily get screwed if the buyer claims the item is defective/not received/etc. If you are selling something worth a couple hundred dollars, the risk of losing the merchandise with no compensation is too high on Ebay.

    I don't have a good solution to this problem; there will be scammers selling and buying from any service.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @04:25PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @04:25PM (#801031)

      > I don't have a good solution to this problem; there will be scammers selling and buying from any service.

      If the item is popular enough to sell locally, use Craigslist and complete the deal face-to-face.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @08:40PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @08:40PM (#801195)

        I'd rather take the risk of losing money via eBay than getting murdered by meeting someone via Craigslist.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @02:46AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @02:46AM (#801351)

          http://craigslistkillings.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com]

          Hadn't heard about this before, but it won't affect my usage of Craigslist -- I'm not buying/selling guns or anything illegal. These two categories seemed to be the majority of what was listed. I've sold all kinds of things including a couple of cars this way, taking the obvious precautions like not being alone and doing the meetup during daylight.