▲ 872 ▼ Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights — counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return and sales fraud (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 8 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 154 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 16 points 8 months ago (4 children) Hold sellers accountable. Actual fix. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago I personally believe the platform provider needs to be accountable because they take a cut for the convenience and safety of the transaction. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mill_city@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think, if the seller used Amazon shipping, it's not actually the seller's fault. Doesn't Amazon pool all items from the same SKU together from all sellers and ship whatever they can get to the buyer the fastest/cheapest? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yes. If you sell on amazon, and have amazon fulfill the shipping.. you ship your stuff to amazon, and its just put in teh big pool with all the other items of the same kind. Even returns get put back into the pool. its the absolute most pants on head stupid fucking way possible to manage inventory to the point that shit like this seems almost intentionally designed for rather than a consequence of. Which is why anytime you order anything from amazon, you should record the entire box to show its untampered with, then film the entireity of the opening and confirming everything inside is actually inside. THere was a famous case of a guy who bought a 10 thousand dollar camera and got a box of rocks, and amazon sent him a replacement and got a box of bricks, before finally getting the camera on the 3rd try.. I think recording his second opening saved him from having amazon call him a scammer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago My boss used to sell on Amazon, until one time they royally screwed him over using this method. He had a product where he was given exclusive online rights to sell. Somehow it disappeared in the Amazon warehouse, but at least they provided a refund. Less than a week later, the same product showed up back on Amazon under a first time seller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago I personally believe the platform provider needs to be accountable because they take a cut for the convenience and safety of the transaction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mill_city@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago (2 children) I think, if the seller used Amazon shipping, it's not actually the seller's fault. Doesn't Amazon pool all items from the same SKU together from all sellers and ship whatever they can get to the buyer the fastest/cheapest? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yes. If you sell on amazon, and have amazon fulfill the shipping.. you ship your stuff to amazon, and its just put in teh big pool with all the other items of the same kind. Even returns get put back into the pool. its the absolute most pants on head stupid fucking way possible to manage inventory to the point that shit like this seems almost intentionally designed for rather than a consequence of. Which is why anytime you order anything from amazon, you should record the entire box to show its untampered with, then film the entireity of the opening and confirming everything inside is actually inside. THere was a famous case of a guy who bought a 10 thousand dollar camera and got a box of rocks, and amazon sent him a replacement and got a box of bricks, before finally getting the camera on the 3rd try.. I think recording his second opening saved him from having amazon call him a scammer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago My boss used to sell on Amazon, until one time they royally screwed him over using this method. He had a product where he was given exclusive online rights to sell. Somehow it disappeared in the Amazon warehouse, but at least they provided a refund. Less than a week later, the same product showed up back on Amazon under a first time seller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago* (1 child) Yes. If you sell on amazon, and have amazon fulfill the shipping.. you ship your stuff to amazon, and its just put in teh big pool with all the other items of the same kind. Even returns get put back into the pool. its the absolute most pants on head stupid fucking way possible to manage inventory to the point that shit like this seems almost intentionally designed for rather than a consequence of. Which is why anytime you order anything from amazon, you should record the entire box to show its untampered with, then film the entireity of the opening and confirming everything inside is actually inside. THere was a famous case of a guy who bought a 10 thousand dollar camera and got a box of rocks, and amazon sent him a replacement and got a box of bricks, before finally getting the camera on the 3rd try.. I think recording his second opening saved him from having amazon call him a scammer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago My boss used to sell on Amazon, until one time they royally screwed him over using this method. He had a product where he was given exclusive online rights to sell. Somehow it disappeared in the Amazon warehouse, but at least they provided a refund. Less than a week later, the same product showed up back on Amazon under a first time seller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago My boss used to sell on Amazon, until one time they royally screwed him over using this method. He had a product where he was given exclusive online rights to sell. Somehow it disappeared in the Amazon warehouse, but at least they provided a refund. Less than a week later, the same product showed up back on Amazon under a first time seller. permalink fedilink source parent