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by chrisseaton 3321 days ago
I don't think I've ever seen a counterfeit on Amazon. If you find them easily can you show me an example listing? I don't know if I'm gullible, or I don't browse the kind of products where they're found, or what.
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There's a big problem with it. Even Apple "has found nearly 90 percent of [their chargers and cables] to be counterfeit" on Amazon.[1]

You could also read the reviews on listing for products such as the popular Yeti cooler mugs, and you'll find many people complaining about getting fakes (wrong color lid, etc.)

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-20/apple-man...

*edited for minor typo

Those are reports of the problem - I get that it's true - but do any of those links actually point to product listings which are clearly fake? I don't think I've ever been sent a fake product, or seen any suspect listings. Maybe I'm gullible and have been buying fake all this time?
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I don't buy anything on Amazon that has less than 4 stars and hundreds of reviews. Even 4 stars is a bit low for me.

I don't think I've ever bought a counterfeit product on Amazon.

I looked through all your links, and most of the counterfeit items had less than 100 reviews and almost all couldn't even get a 3 star rating. It's pretty easy to tell that those items are counterfeit actually.