> "These are fantastic slap bracelets. We use them as prizes at our school, and the kiddos love them! I wish there were more “boy” colors/themes, but our youngest students love them all! Great product for a great price!"
> "I hung this beautiful portrait in my kitchen. My family and I love looking at it everyday it is made well. Overall great product!"
> "This camera is really good and the mic on it works great too. Exactly what I needed. Great price aswell."
What happens is that sellers take listings for cheap, low-margin items, and build up reviews for awhile. Then they edit the listing to describe something expensive, and ship fakes. People assume it's legitimate because they see the high star rating.
Amazon makes it very difficult to report fake listings like this one, even when it's very obvious that it's fake. They also don't let users see the edit history of listings. I suspect that they're avoiding knowledge, so that if a fake item turns out to be dangerous, they can claim ignorance in court.
take the money you pay yearly for prime, and set it into a "shipping budget"
each time you need to buy something online, find it on the manufacturer's site or some other direct distributor, pay the shipping costs, and deduct that cost from the 'shipping fund' if the item is actually available on amazon (not a knockoff or replacement)
I quit prime many years ago (streaming experience was awful even before netflix was the only real alternative)
I still get free shipping. and other stores offer worse service at higher prices, if they even have the needed item. I wish it weren't so, as everytime I order I feel like I just went down on Bezos.
for electronics I am happy there is a solution like geizhals.at (aka skinflint.co.uk), allthough even that often just leads back to ordering from amazon
For my part, my "it's so convenient" was comparing to online shopping c. 2003. These days, I can order from a lot of other online stores for the same price with the same delivery time - sometimes better.
Lol, I tried to "report a product issue" and the submit button is greyed out. Reviews are limited to verified purchases due to "unusual activity". What the actual fuck?
> "These are fantastic slap bracelets. We use them as prizes at our school, and the kiddos love them! I wish there were more “boy” colors/themes, but our youngest students love them all! Great product for a great price!"
> "I hung this beautiful portrait in my kitchen. My family and I love looking at it everyday it is made well. Overall great product!"
> "This camera is really good and the mic on it works great too. Exactly what I needed. Great price aswell."
What happens is that sellers take listings for cheap, low-margin items, and build up reviews for awhile. Then they edit the listing to describe something expensive, and ship fakes. People assume it's legitimate because they see the high star rating.
Amazon makes it very difficult to report fake listings like this one, even when it's very obvious that it's fake. They also don't let users see the edit history of listings. I suspect that they're avoiding knowledge, so that if a fake item turns out to be dangerous, they can claim ignorance in court.