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Current version by: Nick

Title:

Amazon caught selling dangerous products

Text:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829933/amazon-selling-third-party-unsafe-banned-products-wsj-report
I’m not surprised - I haven’t been for years. On top of that, their reputation for letting this slide for so long is why I don’t trust them and go anywhere else if I can get the same thing (or a similar product) elsewhere.
-Maybe calling it out will mean we hear of less fried laptops because of knockoff adapters that kill the system board. I’ve seen it enough times to be uncomfortable trusting any power adapter from Amazon.
+Maybe calling it out will mean we hear of less fried laptops because of knockoff adapters that kill the system board. I’ve seen it enough times to be uncomfortable trusting any power adapter from Amazon. Amazon’s Choice didn’t sway me because they tend to be biased towards Amazon Basics (duh) and sellers with cheap junk more often then not.

Discussion Topic:

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Edit by: Nick

Title:

Amazon caught selling dangerous products

Text:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829933/amazon-selling-third-party-unsafe-banned-products-wsj-report
-I’m not surprised - I haven’t been for years and their reputation for letting this slide for so long is why I don’t trust them and go anywhere else if I can get the same thing (or a similar product) elsewhere.
+I’m not surprised - I haven’t been for years. On top of that, their reputation for letting this slide for so long is why I don’t trust them and go anywhere else if I can get the same thing (or a similar product) elsewhere.
+
+Maybe calling it out will mean we hear of less fried laptops because of knockoff adapters that kill the system board. I’ve seen it enough times to be uncomfortable trusting any power adapter from Amazon.

Discussion Topic:

Yes

Status:

open

Original post by: Nick

Title:

Amazon caught selling dangerous products

Text:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829933/amazon-selling-third-party-unsafe-banned-products-wsj-report

I’m not surprised - I haven’t been for years and their reputation for letting this slide for so long is why I don’t trust them and go anywhere else if I can get the same thing (or a similar product) elsewhere.

Discussion Topic:

Yes

Status:

open