[IshKebab]

I'm pretty sure the level of counterfeits on Amazon varies massively by region. I'm in the UK and don't recall ever getting a counterfeit, and I buy ~1 thing per week from Amazon on average.

Actually I did get some Phillips LED bulbs that were a bit suss, but I'd still probably put my money on them being crap rather than counterfeit.

Counterfeits aren't always obvious but most are; if you've never seen any obvious counterfeits then it's unlikely you've missed high quality ones.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> I'm in the UK and don't recall ever getting a counterfeit

Again, how would you know? I know you think

> Counterfeits aren't always obvious but most are; if you've never seen any obvious counterfeits then it's unlikely you've missed high quality ones.

But the articles I've seen like https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/amazon-counterfeit-f... tend to lead with side-by-side pictures of visually identical products, which makes me think that's not true

[IshKebab]

Those don't look visually identical to me. With the possible exception of the tweezers the differences are pretty obvious.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

What's the difference in the gloves?

[IshKebab]

Most obviously the lines are a lot thicker on the fake.

[jraby3]

Disagree.

I was buying a high end soap product from Amazon and when we used one from a hairstylist we realized ours were consistently fake.

Bottle and everything looked the same. But then we started buying direct from Dermalogica and it was clear the Amazon products are all fakes. Worst part is the store name on Amazon is Dermalogica products or something very similar to the real name.

[ChildOfChaos]

I am not sure, but if the store name was 'Dermalogica products' that would seem a bit dodgy straight away.