[842] Picked in 2 Seconds! Amazon’s Choice “High Security Padlock”

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Critical toufiqbarhamov · 2019-02 · on “FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an Indie Retail Website”

Nothing about Amazon’s abuse of their customers surprises me anymore. Their “Amazon’s Recommemdation” is a joke too, and they’re associating their brand with garbage. [this video] Par for the Amazon course, cheap Chinese knockoffs. If they had anything other than a highly permissive refund system, they’d already be drowning in lawsuits. They must bleed refund money though, and I thought Bezos was all about right margins?

Critical mey · 2019-07 · on “Amazon Warns Customers: Those Supplements Might Be Fake”

LockPickingLawyer (Youtube) has a series of videos on the poor quality of "Amazon Choice" for various locks. [this video] [LINK] [LINK] (Branded Amazon Basics) [LINK] [LINK]

Critical astura · 2020-07 · on “How Best Buy saved itself (2019)”

Would you know if you purchased a fake yeti tumbler[1], for example, if you didn't have a real one to compare to side-by-side? [1] [LINK] The "Amazon's Choice" for "high security lock" is actually a Chinese knockoff [2] but you wouldn't know that unless you are familiar with the original. [2] [this video] Even people dying doesn't seem to get products removed [LINK] >A 23-year-old man in Missouri purchased a motorcycle helmet from Amazon that was at the time listed as certified as meeting US Department of Transportation safety standards. Later that year, however, he was killed in a crash while riding. A federal investigation later found that the helmet did not meet DOT standards and was recalled.

Critical astura · 2022-11 · on “Almost everything on Amazon is becoming an ad”

Plenty of complete shit get labeled as "Amazon Choice." For example, "Amazon Choice" for "high security padlocks" is a poorly made Chinese knockoff that can be raked. [this video]