[AndrewDucker]

Certainly in the UK, we don't have the same issues with terrible Chinese fakes that I hear about from US Amazon users.

[maccard]

We don’t have the fakes problem but Amazon in the UK has a growing amount of stuff that is just resale of stuff from temu. I suspect if you tested the top 10 chargers on Amazon that weren’t anker, you’d find the same problems.

[noir_lord]

One of the many reasons (up to and including US foreign policy) I don't buy from Amazon any more.

I'd sooner give Argos the money, they aren't that much more expensive (if at all) for the common set of things they sell and I can walk and pick it up same day.

They broke the first rule of e-commerce - "Don't make the customer think".

[maccard]

I agree. They’ve also devalued prime - I used to know that prime meant next day, now it just means “free delivery” but it could be 2+ weeks depending on where it’s coming from.

argos are great. I ordered something from them for next day delivery and I had it 20 minutes later. The nearest Argos to me is about 15 minutes away so they must have been sitting waiting for orders.

[everfrustrated]

One of the best usb chargers for the money is the 40W IKEA charger. I trust their quality control.

[kirtakat]

I wasn't aware that Ikea sold a charger, so I googled it - this is the very first result: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/product-support/...

[everfrustrated]

The fact they're even doing a recall tells you they care.

When people buy from Alibaba and resell it on Amazon, they're not bothering to issue recalls.

[bot403]

The good people at qzzdfghjww company would NEVER sell a defective product.

[Hamuko]

I don’t know about fakes, but browsing Amazon DE feels like browsing AliExpress when looking for any technology products. Especially cables, adapters and such.

[philipwhiuk]

Amazon UK these days is definitely full of Chinese reproductions and drop shipped knock offs.

Whether they're dangerous I don't know, I've not tried them.