Thing is too, some companies know this and if you're searching for more niche products which doesn't have a pretty general consensus they astroturf their products as a response with botted upvotes. All it takes it like 5 or 6 more updvotes as the top comment to make people think that particular product is the best.
And don't even get me started on the unofficial third party resellers on Amazon that sell inferior bootleg ass garbage like memory cards. It's a goddamn nightmare finding out which one is legit or not.
I actually buy stuff directly from brand websites for stuff I need to be legit and reliable even if it's less expensive on Amazon. Literally just last night I was about to pull out my hair trying to find a legit BBQ smoker probe thermometer. So many fake ones I just spent $30 more on the manufacturer's website to ensure it was real
Thing is too, some companies know this and if you're searching for more niche products which doesn't have a pretty general consensus they astroturf their products as a response with botted upvotes. All it takes it like 5 or 6 more updvotes as the top comment to make people think that particular product is the best.
And don't even get me started on the unofficial third party resellers on Amazon that sell inferior bootleg ass garbage like memory cards. It's a goddamn nightmare finding out which one is legit or not.
I actually buy stuff directly from brand websites for stuff I need to be legit and reliable even if it's less expensive on Amazon. Literally just last night I was about to pull out my hair trying to find a legit BBQ smoker probe thermometer. So many fake ones I just spent $30 more on the manufacturer's website to ensure it was real
Yeah I've had to do that a few times as well. Maybe it'll get bad enough that profits suffer at some point, but doubt it