This also makes me laugh out loud.
If Amazon gave two craps about some of this stuff it would be cut WAY back.
For a few years at least every Apple branded product on amazon I bought was 100% fake - lazy fakes too. I ended up having to buy from Apple directly to get something legit. You are telling me brands haven't complained about this? I find that totally hard to believe.
The crap amazon sells is going to bring them down.
I've got used stuff sold as new (complete with debries from previous owner).
If they cared they would.
Have sellers post $1,000 bond to sell, scaled up based on sales volume.
Enforce clear fraud issues with account bans and forfeit the deposit (ie, the whole changed 5 star listing selling a totally different product).
Segregate inventory by seller, and enforce consequences on seller for product quality issues.
Have a QC team sample 1 in 10,000 or 1 in 100,000 items and 1 item per seller each year. If it claims USB 3- test to spec, claims waterproof test to spec, claims safe for kids - test for lead. Whoever does this will win in long run. Who wants lead in the product they give to their kids.
This reputation issue could bleed into AWS. Why trust a company that CANNOT get control over its marketplace. The fakes are horrible.
If Amazon gave two craps about some of this stuff it would be cut WAY back.
For a few years at least every Apple branded product on amazon I bought was 100% fake - lazy fakes too. I ended up having to buy from Apple directly to get something legit. You are telling me brands haven't complained about this? I find that totally hard to believe.
The crap amazon sells is going to bring them down.
I've got used stuff sold as new (complete with debries from previous owner).
If they cared they would.
Have sellers post $1,000 bond to sell, scaled up based on sales volume.
Enforce clear fraud issues with account bans and forfeit the deposit (ie, the whole changed 5 star listing selling a totally different product).
Segregate inventory by seller, and enforce consequences on seller for product quality issues.
Have a QC team sample 1 in 10,000 or 1 in 100,000 items and 1 item per seller each year. If it claims USB 3- test to spec, claims waterproof test to spec, claims safe for kids - test for lead. Whoever does this will win in long run. Who wants lead in the product they give to their kids.
This reputation issue could bleed into AWS. Why trust a company that CANNOT get control over its marketplace. The fakes are horrible.