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1. bankcu+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-08-20 08:01:38
What planet are you living on?

The reviews are fake, the no-name brands are hallucinations, and no one should ever buy supplements, food, or safety equipment like climbing rope or fuses from a disreputable platform that sells electrocution hazard USB chargers and does nothing about them. Watch a video or 3 from Louis Rossmann and BigClive.

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2. IshKeb+7M[view] [source] 2024-08-20 15:19:02
>>bankcu+(OP)
I have a similar experience to big-green-man. I suspect it massively varies by country. I live in the UK, and as far as I know most people complaining about fake products etc. are in the US.

The biggest issue with reviews in the UK are the Vine reviews, and occasionally sellers aggregating reviews for unrelated products. Fake products seem to be almost nonexistent (maybe because of stronger market regulation?).

Same/next day delivery is hard to compete with anyway.

3. big-gr+O91[view] [source] 2024-08-20 17:57:48
>>bankcu+(OP)
I've gotten some cheap crap on a few occasions, sure. That happens when I go to a store too, the difference being most stores don't have a decent alternative to a cheap piece of junk at a reasonable price.

I buy all my supplements on Amazon. I buy paracord and carabiniers on amazon, I've hung more than my body weight from them no problem.

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4. stuckk+Xf1[view] [source] 2024-08-20 18:36:42
>>bankcu+(OP)
Yeah I saw that. They were sus in the past but could not navigate deep into the comments to make a full analysis.
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5. P_I_St+Th1[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-08-20 18:50:49
>>big-gr+O91
The supply chain at stores is usually more sane, versus intentionally being the wild west.

Carabiners break when they break. You'll only notice if you get unlucky. I think there's carabiners you wouldn't want to use that can hang weight "no problem" for a while.

Problems with supplements are even more undetectable.

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