from Hacker News

Prime today, gone tomorrow: Chinese products get pulled from Amazon

by hoov on 5/12/21, 11:53 AM with 2 comments

• by scrps on 5/12/21, 1:42 PM

  I'd add Etsy to the list in the first paragraph. I needed a new laptop bag and I figured I'd help someone out during the pandemic and buy something made by an individual... After 19 pages of over-priced drop-shipped Chinese junk I gave up.

  Same issue with Amazon unless you know the exact brand you want and even then you get to play counterfeit roulette.

• by Hackbraten on 5/12/21, 12:44 PM

  Funny the article should mention fake reviews.

  I’ve been avoiding Aukey since I happened to find one of their Amazon items (sold and manufactured by them) littered with blatantly fake reviews.

  I wondered why Aukey would even do that despite they seemed to have gained an ok customer base as a legit-ish Anker knockoff at that time. But here we are.