Very Long, but interesting article. My conclusion is Buy Direct or expect to be duped. March 2, 2026 I Hired a Lab to Counterfeit-Test a Dozen Suspicious Beauty Products I Bought Online. Every Single One Had a Problem. Of all the skin-care and cosmetics products I recently bought online that turn…

In a 2023 survey from Michigan State University’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection, 68% of participants said they “were deceived into buying counterfeits at least once in the past year.” Overwhelmingly, those deceptions occurred online, as social media and e-commerce platforms e…

The article is generous in defining its methodology. I have one major area of discomfort which applies to the results of its analysis. Many of the examples of problems are packaging discrepancies. My own experience is that genuine product which is a parallel import, often has packaging which diff…

The creams were not as creamy, the colors of the substances were off, I think that the variation in the contents, if compared to the verified legit product, justified the clues offered by printing errors in packaging. The rationalization of any discrepancy that the product is “parallel import” woul…

[image] lake: Perhaps if these manufacturers would spend their money on lawyers, the rest of our businesses would be free of extortion by attorney First it would cost a fortune for any Brand to do so. But I would imagine that if a seller is selling a harmful product causing major issues they…

[image] Chimanimani: … In the end, I am now convinced, especially after reading the stories of @ASV_Vites in regards to supplements that one is a fool to buy anything that goes in or on the body, unless one is buying direct from the Mfg or a legitimate retail chain Nail, meet sledgehammer.

[image] ZaphodBeeblebrox: What ObiWan said of the town “Mos Eisley” in “Star Wars” applies well to Amazon, and all online marketplaces when it comes to brand name mass consumer products “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Except Shein.

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Dogtamer March 5, 2026, 2:45am 6

Nail, meet sledgehammer.

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