[snakeyjake]

I am an empathetic fellow.

I understand that people are under cost and time pressure.

But if you buy a fuse set on Amazon to save $10 off what a fuse assortment kit costs on Digikey, you are getting exactly what you paid for.

The signs are obvious: a nonsensical name like HOODOOVOOKOO, sold by BLXXYUSA a seller specializing in children's socks and fuses, quantity listed in "pieces", an obviously cheap plastic box, a ludicrous quantity at a per-unit price that is absurd.

Amazon is giving you what you want: the absolute cheapest possible item in the fastest possible time.

You cannot be angry at them for giving you exactly what you want.

If you cannot be bothered to spend more than 4¢ per fuse or spend more than 15 minutes researching the product, is the device you're protecting even worth replacing the fuse on?

[postpawl]

A lot of people trust Amazon and expect them (or their sellers) to sell a fuse that works. A lot of us make a dozen decisions about what to buy every day, and sometimes you don’t have time to do a bunch of research. This isn’t a problem that should only be pushed onto the individual buyer. There should be some required testing on safety critical products. It wouldn’t even cost that much to have an electrical engineer spot checking a few of the products.

[lupusreal]

Just a shred more empathy please: These are automotive fuses being bought and installed by normies, not geeky tinkerers. Most normies have never heard of digikey and, if not for PSAs like this video, wouldn't know to avoid Amazon until they get burned.

[janice1999]

> You cannot be angry at them for giving you exactly what you want.

What they want and were sold is a working fuse... which this is not. If I starting calling myself a medical doctor and advertising cheap surgery I would hope someone would try to stop me.

You can't claim to be empathetic and expect everyone to be a domain expert in absolutely everything to avoid getting poisoned, burned or killed by sellers lying to people.

[snakeyjake]

You do not need to be a domain expert to understand that fuses sold with a per-unit cost of 4¢ are barely better than paper clips in a plastic housing.

Paper clips sold on Amazon cost 1.3¢ each. https://a.co/d/28pCOQ2

Edit: and I am unassailably certain that those paper clips are really bad paper clips.

[mint2]

Unfortunately people and companies are near guaranteed to fall for that internecine race to the bottom type behavior if given the opportunity.