[alexanderdou]

My own personal rule is now:

> I don't buy anything I'll put in/on/around my body on Amazon (e.g. Vitamin supplements, Lotion/face sunscreen, Protein powder)

Even if the brand is legit, I'm still not 100% confident that Amazon's co-mingling stock and switcheroos that can happen in the long supply chain will result in a "real" thing arriving at my door

[6chars]

I've lived by this rule too ever since I got a bottle of "One A Day" multivitamins that invariably made me vomit 10 minutes after taking one. (Embarrassingly, I didn't give up on them until maybe the fifth time it happened.)

[wombat-man]

I don't buy much from amazon these days, but yeah, definitely bought some higher end shaving cream that I later realized was probably not authentic. It's getting easier to buy direct from brands, and I feel safer buying this kinda stuff from target or whatever locally.

[rightbyte]

How about eg. phone chargers or toasters? Cooking pots? The list of things that can seriously hurt you far extend edible goods.

[scrooched_moose]

I'm to the point I only buy things on Amazon that have no foreseeable downsides if they are counterfeit. Based on some recent purchases I made:

Fake tent stakes or juggling balls? Who cares.

Camping grill or coffee grinder? Not taking the chance when propane/fire or odd chemicals touching my drink could be involved.