Amazon’s Heavy Recruitment of Chinese Sellers Puts Consumers at Risk

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Though this link isn't discussing books per se, it is talking about what's going on with Amazon--which will impact books down the road.

Personally, I'm always leery when I'm ordering a product from China. Over the years, I've received some excellent products that were made in China, but I've also received a lot of crap. These days I'm gun shy. What puts me off immediately are lots and lots (sometimes in the thousands) of favorable reviews.

https://www.thepassivevoice.com/amazons-heavy-recruitment-of-chinese-sellers-puts-consumers-at-risk/

[YouMeWe]

This seems like a good place to leave this:

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Here's another article on Amazon from the Washington Post.

How Amazon’s quest for more, cheaper products has resulted in a flea market of fakes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/14/how-amazons-quest-more-cheaper-products-has-resulted-flea-market-fakes/?arc404=true

[Edward M. Grant]

This and the flood of 'sponsored product' ads are two of the main reasons I buy very little from Amazon these days. I did buy some cheap Chinese electronics from them the other day, but wasn't exactly surprised to see that 14% of reviews were complaining that it failed within two months; it was the only model which users said did I what I needed it to do and I couldn't find it anywhere else.