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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Amazon used to sell products, not Shein-grade self-destructing dropshipped garbage from all-consonant brands.

I knew it wasn't just my imagination. Amazon has been filled with cheap Chinese knock-off brands in recent years, to the point where I may as well be using Temu or Wish for a bargain.

If you went from the internet's storefront to an upmarket AliExpress, that's not a good sign.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Just my last two orders:

  • expensive quality Covid test -> get the cheapest, which stopped working properly at Alpha / Beta
  • 3M respirators for $ 4 a piece -> a literal fake, hard to see, but it breaks already when putting on. 1 hour in support chat to convince them that something is wrong, but only got my money back, no investigation into the seller or product

I will stay there for now though, because it's still a great software, easy to use