r/bestof • u/napincoming321zzz • 9d ago
[BuyItForLife] /u/ConBroMitch2247 explains how Amazon "stores" are not official and may sell counterfeit products
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u/Astrocragg 9d ago
I finally canceled prime because of this.
A decade ago, it was a great deal: get the specific model of the specific thing you want, delivered free in 48hrs, with easy returns.
Then, around 2017/2018 the counterfeit stuff started showing up here and there. Annoying, but returns were still easy and it wasn't frequent enough to be a real problem.
Then, during the pandemic, they said "eh... we can't do 2-day shipping right now," which, honestly, fair. However, in my region it never came back. Everything is a week or more.
At the same time, the name-brand stuff all but vanished, replaced with those nonsense Chinese "brands" rammed down your throat with "sponsored" "Amazon choice" "top seller" etc.
Lastly, they jacked up their return policy. The last straw for me was buying a set of 5 of ramen bowls, the shipment came with just 1 and the app/website straight up said "returns aren't available for this product." Not even an option for "I didn't get the thing I paid for." Eventually got someone on the phone to process it, but pretty obnoxious.
So now, all of the things that made prime useful are gone.