Comment on The Downfall of Amazon: Dangerous Products, Fake Reviews & Vanishing Brands - Louis Rossman
GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 months agoI noticed this Black Friday, almost all name brand items totally disappeared, and most deals were garbage Chinese knockoffs/non-name brand. Then immediately after Black Friday, I saw a huge return of name brands in their featured products/deals.
I also bought a new Microsoft Surface Slim Pen 2 (for $90) recently and got a total Chinese knockoff piece of shit in a package labeled “fashion jewelry.” Total wish.com trash listed as name brand.
Amazon didn’t publish my review (I’m assuming because I said this was becoming a rampant issue on Amazon. Did refund me, but the Chinese knockoff listed as a Slim Pen 2 is still listed on Amazon.
I went and paid the same price on ebay for a factory-sealed brand new legit one. What a change we have undergone when eBay is a safer marketplace than Amazon…
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 11 months ago
This shit was all over the place on Black Friday. Some items I followed dropped in price, but were crappy versions of the same thing. Others were cheaper earlier in the month and increased on BF.
I notice prices shot up on 9/1 so they could be “reduced” by BF. It was a clear attempt to justify “50% off the average price”.