A Warning

[Deleted member 394181]

That would be a third party scammer/phisher. My junk mail is full of notices that my McAffee and Facebook accounts have been closed, and I need to take action, but I have neither, plus all the other alerts of breeched passwords and what not. My Camp LeJeune claims have been settled at least 40 times. Plenty of robocalls along those lines as well.

Scammers got my 81 year old father in law with the "your accounts have been accessed" because of some made up password issue. Huge problem.

 

[Deleted member 394181]

I'm a big Amazon customer and have never received counterfeit goods through them, but let's be realistic. Despite making good faith efforts to curb bogus goods, they have little control over what their third party sellers do day to day. If customers complain enough about a seller, they may shut them down but those same sellers will reappear before long under a different name. Besides, some customers don't care that they are buying knockoffs as long as the price is right.

You do have to take some care shopping Amazon. If a price is too good to be true, it probably is. In the OP's case, I'm sure Amazon will make it right with his stepdaughter.

I don't know yet. She has given me $50.00 cash however

 

[Deleted member 394181]

Great Album

A definite probability of a possible maybe.

 

[SunByrne]

A warning? Hmm, I prefer The Warning.

 

[Razman]

The return process is great and is something I use often if needed. Like a pair of workout gloves I received from my wife as a gift - bought from Amazon. I did try to reach out to them to get them replaced under warranty but they ghosted me after a few replies.

No problem - I ordered a second pair, received them, waited a couple of weeks, and then returned the old pair that were problematic. Problem solved.

FWIW, I would rather buy something off Amazon than give four decimal places worth of cash to a custom bass builder in anticipation of delivery months down the road. Oops, sorry, different thread...

 

[sean_on_bass]

I’m just especially aware of the SEC rules, legislation, and penalties for publicly traded companies trafficking counterfeit material, the downside of doing that, and how much energy companies devote to guarding against it.

Well everyone is. Let me be more clear. There are sellers using Amazon's platform to sell fake goods that are counterfeits of name brands. Amazon does not condone it and actively works to prevent it, no question there. That doesn't mean they 100% successfully eradicate all fake goods being sold on the platform and they are still being peddled, until they get caught and banned from the platform.

 

[Deleted member 394181]

A warning? Hmm, I prefer The Warning.

I really like GOOD sarcasm.

 

[Altitude]

Well everyone is. Let me be more clear. There are sellers using Amazon's platform to sell fake goods that are counterfeits of name brands. Amazon does not condone it and actively works to prevent it, no question there. That doesn't mean they 100% successfully eradicate all fake goods being sold on the platform and they are still being peddled, until they get caught and banned from the platform.

Agreed there.

Lots of posts in this thread, not by you, implying Amazon is doing this on purpose and their executives are laughing and smoking cigars in the executive lounge watching the profits roll in. All I'm saying.

 

[LBS-bass]

Just kidding bro

OK, sis.