>chrisguevara : Amazon has two incentives to fight counterfeits: 1. Legitimate sellers (such as Birkenstock) stop selling on Amazon and tell customers their products are only available elsewhere. 2. Buyers stop buying legitimate products due to fear they may be counterfeit.
Amazon counterfeit crimes devision is bs. We sold our brand on Amazon, then counters appeared. We complained. Amazon support told us we needed to purchase one of the counterfeits to prove it was counterfeit. We did. When we informed Amazon of it being counterfeit, they immediately took actually and closed OUR account. The counterfeit product weighed 1/3 of what our product does.
As a consumer, when I see a product on Amazon I have to question, did they put malware on the phone? Was this Hoover board assembled and made in China and thus likely to blow up and give my feet 3rd degree burns? Are these Jordan shoes counterfeit? Did they mishandled it? Drop it? Remove something outside or inside the product? Is this shirt made with low quality material? Right size? Looks good? Charged more? Am I really getting what I expect? I end up sitting on the product in my cart on Amazon and looking for the product on the manufacturer's website or find a similar product in a local store. Hell I even drove hours because I found a product at a store in my region.
Sounds like they should be doing this for the Russian website so they can make sure the Russians have counterfeit clothing, they'll be easier to capture so more troops to add to the exchange fund
@@JLeYangeBay does crap like that. You can sort by “origin.” North America or US specifically. I do this when I want something in a short amount of time. In other words, can’t wait for it to come out of Asia. The seller says they’re in the US, sometimes even in the thumbnail, and then they mark the item as shipped, but the tracking number shows “awaiting.” The seller then ships it using their third party Chinese shipper. When it’s supposed to be at your door at the latest, that’s when the USPS finally gets a hold of it from the 3rd party.
No - Chinese will happily collect your money, then it never comes and they keep your money for 2 months and say "not in stock." I received BS beauty products that were goopy drippy messes and not really product that I could never use. You have not gotten FKD yet. That's why you are so naive
I do my own car repair and maintenance and find that buying spare parts on Amazon is convenient. But there are so many counterfeit parts that don’t fit right, don’t last, and can be dangerous when they fail. I’ll just buy parts from the dealer until Amazon cleans up their act.
@@757Princess I got a set of counterfeit NGK spark plugs from the local NAPA auto parts store. Very poor quality and NAPA refused to give a refund. I bought a set ofOEM plugs at the dealer for only a few more dollars.
Auto parts clerk here: I tell customers "Amazon has everything, but half of it is counterfeit." What we order for you in store is real and available within 2 business days
Does the counterfeit crimes investigate amazon basic items that are tip offs of other peoples items? I used to work for Amazon, and I do everything in my power to NOT buy anything from them
Because they are a significant part of the GDP and the US Treasury and the economy depends on it. Jeff Bezos can get away with many crimes at this point
Counterfeiters are all over online and even some regular retail shops. I never buy anything electric or battery from third party sellers and limit third party buying.
It would work, but it'd be hard to win that case when they're throwing a lot at the problem. If you ask me a blanket ban of certain countries will solve 90% of the problem
Companies should blame themselves for moving manufacturing over seas to China where copyright and intellectual property laws are NOT respected. Reap what you sow.
Is this company going after anyone that uses their name. Or anyone that uses a camouflage. It sounds like they are going after companies that are selling camouflage gear. And not just going after people that uses their name. Sounds like they are going after their competitors.
@@samsonsoturian6013yeah but they have an authorized list of resellers. Amazon just blocks everyone else from using their name. It’s different if it’s just camo with a different brand name. So this video is not telling the whole story. It should be easy to block counterfeiters.
Crye Gen 3 pants sell for $249.99 if they're a legit product, Amazon sells what they claim is Crye Gen 3 pants for $79.99 and you can tell just by the dyes used that it isn't actual Crye, they are lighter in colour and definitely do not have rip-stop.
This is exactly why I bout directly from the manufacturer instead of Amazon. Sometimes it cost more but if I can avoid getting a counterfeit product, I will absolutely have no problem doing so.
@@weirdo1060Well said. And the gambling industry is very transparent about their system - every game is rigged in a way that they win almost every time, and the player rarely wins. Everyone knows this, so those who decide to play anyway are merely hoping to be the exception; they aren’t being deceived. Very different from purchasing merchandise and getting something else.
Amazon is a terrible place to find products but a great place to buy something if you already know what you are looking for. That’s the biggest issue with the company from a consumer standpoint.
I'm concerned about a related problem: "Legitimate" manufacturers -- who wouldn't be classified as counterfeiters -- have an incentive to save money by using cheaper, impure ingredients. How can customers verify the purity of products such as nutritional supplements?
There are goods sold directly by Amazon LLC & those sold by third party sellers. Amazon should explain the measures and assurances, particularly for the former, because it is under their control.
There is a third category: Sold by third party but shipped by Amazon. Basically the seller adds products to Amazons stack of the shop product, and then it's a lottery if you get the original or counterfit version when you buy from them.
>Psi-Storm : I doubt it's a lottery. Surely if you buy an item "sold by X and shipped from Amazon," Amazon will ship to you the item supplied by X. That allows Amazon to pay X the appropriate share of what Amazon charged you.
Counterfeit goods, if you will, is one of the cultures in China and have been a significant part of certain markets for decades, and more recently, they have just spread across the internet to reach global consumers.
Amazon could easily have sellers that are verified. Every other retailer does. Second why would any Government agency be buying their soldiers uniforms off Amazon. Why would this company sell on Amazon. There is another story here.
I wonder if Amazon coud require sellers to be bonded, and have those bonds be forfeited if they're found to be selling fakes. The bond issuers would end up being the checkers and enforcers in order to avoid having to pay out.
When you search anything now a days it’s all trash brands and the brand names are at the bottom of the list so I’m sure Amazon doesn’t care if it is real or fake as long as the money clears
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What government agency buys equipment on Amazon? While counterfeiting is an issue, seem unlikely that it would be one that would impact law enforcement and military. Maybe more of an issue for your weekend warrior and the company’s ability to take their money with inflated prices.
I think this is about pretending to be a brand rather than selling a knockoff. For instance, selling "Brembo Brakes" but swapping the product with a knockoff. It hurts a brand that uses higher quality materials and more expensive labor when its product is switched with an inferior product.
wow this production was pretty b-league. First is the "De-esser"; this person's voice is so annoying with the Ultra S it's so irritating. Also they video ought to be focusing on product and the interviewee NOT the interviewer. Man what a weak article
Stop making up problems that don't exist. There is no counterfeit on amazon, yes there are cheap look like but not counterfeit. Big brands are just mad people dont buy there overpriced stuff.
@FutureDreamZz they are not anker chargers are way better than apple chargers i use a anker charger to charge my macbook instead of the one it came with
You are naive bcz you haven't gotten FKD YET. I have experienced so many disasters bcz of the Chinese sellers. I had events for which i order event entertainment products for. The event comes and goes and i royally got screwed bcz I ordered from a Chinese seller, and it was too late to order from a legitimate store when it never came. Then the Chinese sellers keep your money for 5-6 weeks until they say oh, "finally not in stock." Ruining my events and putting me in a financially bad situation. Don't be so naive
@raquiely really you didn't check the seller? I doubt that it said sold by apple or made by apple. It could say for a iphone or ipad but thats not counterfeit. I you wanted to buy a original apple charger why didnt you by the one sold direclty from apple. Apple has their own page on amazon
Well..., if you do what Trump is suggesting, which is to tariff imports, you'll make these Chinese counterfeit companies less desirable in America by making them more expensive to purchase, which incentivizes consumers to buy American made products, which can then be regulated better. Plus you'll employ more American workers by creating a stronger manufacturing market, giving more money to Americans to buy more American products. Then we can export goods ourselves. I'd like to see more "Made in USA" products that are well made, not this cheap mickey mouse Chinese crap.
@@samsonsoturian6013 yup, check out the features apple released the last few years in all their OS, android copied from them before apple knew they were releasing those features. you are so right
Amazon creates counterfiet products of sellers items and resells under their name.
Dam, that's misusing people
I had a related thought. What is Amazon's incentive to remove counterfeit products?
This
YEP.
>chrisguevara : Amazon has two incentives to fight counterfeits:
1. Legitimate sellers (such as Birkenstock) stop selling on Amazon and tell customers their products are only available elsewhere.
2. Buyers stop buying legitimate products due to fear they may be counterfeit.
Meh, if Amazon wanted to remove them they could, but they don't want to cause it costs money.
They make money off every sale so they are incentivized to not do anything dummy
They'll put some money into it but yeah, only as long as counterfeiters are costing the platform money
I saw one vendor on Amazon with over 4000 5 star rating but ZERO written reviews. I skipped it.
The Chinese game the system
Stop the music in the background of your story. It is really distracting and also makes it harder to hear. Thanks and please have a great day.
Yeah, it's really silly and overly dramatic. Reminds me of the old Unsolved Mysteries episodes.
Ive been saying that for years!!
Amazon counterfeit crimes devision is bs. We sold our brand on Amazon, then counters appeared. We complained. Amazon support told us we needed to purchase one of the counterfeits to prove it was counterfeit. We did. When we informed Amazon of it being counterfeit, they immediately took actually and closed OUR account. The counterfeit product weighed 1/3 of what our product does.
Amazon closing the wrong account sounds like a failure to communicate.
Because you were a counterfeiter too
As a consumer, when I see a product on Amazon I have to question, did they put malware on the phone? Was this Hoover board assembled and made in China and thus likely to blow up and give my feet 3rd degree burns? Are these Jordan shoes counterfeit? Did they mishandled it? Drop it? Remove something outside or inside the product? Is this shirt made with low quality material? Right size? Looks good? Charged more? Am I really getting what I expect? I end up sitting on the product in my cart on Amazon and looking for the product on the manufacturer's website or find a similar product in a local store. Hell I even drove hours because I found a product at a store in my region.
I stopped buying critical or expensive items from Amazon; opting to pay MSRP from the manufacturer or an authorized dealer.
"Small team" is probably just that one guy and probably works outside the rest of corporate. Amazon doesn't care.
Why is the military buying supplies from amazon market place instead of buying directly from the companies?
Military does not officially buy, but veterans and personnel sometimes buy with their own money.
This is not entirely on Amazon because under US contracts and Berry amendment, there's a requirement of US ORIGIN for clothing.
Sounds like they should be doing this for the Russian website so they can make sure the Russians have counterfeit clothing, they'll be easier to capture so more troops to add to the exchange fund
@@JLeYang It's sad that army uniforms cannot be of domestic origin unless you get them from Amazon...
@@JLeYangeBay does crap like that. You can sort by “origin.” North America or US specifically. I do this when I want something in a short amount of time. In other words, can’t wait for it to come out of Asia. The seller says they’re in the US, sometimes even in the thumbnail, and then they mark the item as shipped, but the tracking number shows “awaiting.” The seller then ships it using their third party Chinese shipper. When it’s supposed to be at your door at the latest, that’s when the USPS finally gets a hold of it from the 3rd party.
They call it "counterfeit" when a chinese will sell you the same thing that cost $200 from a big brand corpo but for $30 dollar
Not the same thing. The counterfeiters are selling a look alike with lower quality.
Hans you are brain dead.
chinese counterfeit isn’t just cheaper, its bad quality lol
Eitri: Yes. That’s what….counterfeit means
No - Chinese will happily collect your money, then it never comes and they keep your money for 2 months and say "not in stock." I received BS beauty products that were goopy drippy messes and not really product that I could never use. You have not gotten FKD yet. That's why you are so naive
We need items manufactured in America and we need these countries to stop dumping cheap crap in our country
Noones forcing people to buy said cheap crap....
What is Amazon Basics then?
Exactly …
That's just an off brand on Amazon. Do you even know what counterfeit means?
They are just copying every other retail store.
I do my own car repair and maintenance and find that buying spare parts on Amazon is convenient. But there are so many counterfeit parts that don’t fit right, don’t last, and can be dangerous when they fail. I’ll just buy parts from the dealer until Amazon cleans up their act.
I only order car parts from auto zone or any other commercial car parts store
@@757Princess I got a set of counterfeit NGK spark plugs from the local NAPA auto parts store. Very poor quality and NAPA refused to give a refund. I bought a set ofOEM plugs at the dealer for only a few more dollars.
Auto parts clerk here: I tell customers "Amazon has everything, but half of it is counterfeit." What we order for you in store is real and available within 2 business days
35 people is how seriously they take this problem. And that dept head sounds like a politician
It's all PR
Does the counterfeit crimes investigate amazon basic items that are tip offs of other peoples items? I used to work for Amazon, and I do everything in my power to NOT buy anything from them
Nice, but why
Why? Amazon is amazing great deals
Aren't "Amazon Basics" items just rebranded items produced by legitimate manufacturers?
I’ve been selling counterfeit merchandise on Amazon for 10 years already and still haven’t been caught. This unit sucks.
How many accounts have you burned?
recently it´s often cheaper to buy in shops or direct from supplier
Why Amazon is not accountable? But other industries are? Who is winning from the government?
Because they are a significant part of the GDP and the economy and the Treasury depend on it
Because they are a significant part of the GDP and the US Treasury and the economy depends on it. Jeff Bezos can get away with many crimes at this point
By US law they're civilly liable to try and remove crooks. Whether or not they succeed in doing so is another matter.
Counterfeiters are all over online and even some regular retail shops.
I never buy anything electric or battery from third party sellers and limit third party buying.
That company is selling camouflage. How protectable is that anyways.
What it would take for Amazon to *really* crack down on counterfeit products? Fine them 120% of the revenue they get from counterfeit sales.
It would work, but it'd be hard to win that case when they're throwing a lot at the problem. If you ask me a blanket ban of certain countries will solve 90% of the problem
Companies should blame themselves for moving manufacturing over seas to China where copyright and intellectual property laws are NOT respected.
Reap what you sow.
The most coveted brands are far from China
No we just need to limit imports from China. No more junk stores like Temu drop shipping
What a joke. How much did Amazon pay for this ad?
Found the shoplifter
Is this company going after anyone that uses their name. Or anyone that uses a camouflage.
It sounds like they are going after companies that are selling camouflage gear. And not just going after people that uses their name.
Sounds like they are going after their competitors.
It's called royalties. They own the camo pattern, and they will let you use it if you pay them
@@samsonsoturian6013yeah but they have an authorized list of resellers. Amazon just blocks everyone else from using their name. It’s different if it’s just camo with a different brand name. So this video is not telling the whole story. It should be easy to block counterfeiters.
@@samsonsoturian6013 They are thousands of camo patterns out there.
@@samsonsoturian6013 There are hundreds of camo patterns out there.
Their camo pattern is protected by copyright
Amazon is the devil.
Shut up
It's cool, temu and AliExpress won't let people down 😂
Temu is dog water 🤣
It's all counterfeit and the customers know it
Crye Gen 3 pants sell for $249.99 if they're a legit product, Amazon sells what they claim is Crye Gen 3 pants for $79.99 and you can tell just by the dyes used that it isn't actual Crye, they are lighter in colour and definitely do not have rip-stop.
This is exactly why I bout directly from the manufacturer instead of Amazon. Sometimes it cost more but if I can avoid getting a counterfeit product, I will absolutely have no problem doing so.
I boughta apple charger it was $20 week later it stopped working 😮 never buying charger again i need the real thing
its like casino can make money from you but you cant take legal advantages of them
Not a proper analogy. Legal casinos must follow rules of government gaming commission or lose license. This is more like illegal casino rigging games.
@@weirdo1060Well said. And the gambling industry is very transparent about their system - every game is rigged in a way that they win almost every time, and the player rarely wins. Everyone knows this, so those who decide to play anyway are merely hoping to be the exception; they aren’t being deceived. Very different from purchasing merchandise and getting something else.
They need to leave those people alone.
Who?
Amazon is a terrible place to find products but a great place to buy something if you already know what you are looking for. That’s the biggest issue with the company from a consumer standpoint.
I'm concerned about a related problem: "Legitimate" manufacturers -- who wouldn't be classified as counterfeiters -- have an incentive to save money by using cheaper, impure ingredients. How can customers verify the purity of products such as nutritional supplements?
The fact they have a brand label worth stealing means they've been around long enough to be trusted to make what they sell
So it didn't help that they used camo to hide the counterfeit... 👀
nice
Scammers be scammin’
Amazon could easily stop all counterfeits if they really wanted to: enlist consumers with monetary incentives. But they don't want to.
There are goods sold directly by Amazon LLC & those sold by third party sellers. Amazon should explain the measures and assurances, particularly for the former, because it is under their control.
There is a third category: Sold by third party but shipped by Amazon. Basically the seller adds products to Amazons stack of the shop product, and then it's a lottery if you get the original or counterfit version when you buy from them.
>Psi-Storm : I doubt it's a lottery. Surely if you buy an item "sold by X and shipped from Amazon," Amazon will ship to you the item supplied by X. That allows Amazon to pay X the appropriate share of what Amazon charged you.
No, it is FULLFILLMENT by Amazon. Meaning Amazon also rents space in their wearhouses to whomever is paying. Yeah, a lot of junk hides in plain sight
Counterfeit goods, if you will, is one of the cultures in China and have been a significant part of certain markets for decades, and more recently, they have just spread across the internet to reach global consumers.
Low trust culture
I bet Amazon sells that counterfeit stuff under a different name
It is the same with steam and asset flips and such:
As long as thje store is making a nice profit of it, they wont change anything.
You can check for red flags by looking at the vendor information. If they are in China its a red flag.
Amazon could easily have sellers that are verified. Every other retailer does. Second why would any Government agency be buying their soldiers uniforms off Amazon. Why would this company sell on Amazon. There is another story here.
I wonder if Amazon coud require sellers to be bonded, and have those bonds be forfeited if they're found to be selling fakes. The bond issuers would end up being the checkers and enforcers in order to avoid having to pay out.
No counterfeits. Goes to Amazon types in any search. Proceeds to get 100s of Cheap Chinese knockoffs.
When you search anything now a days it’s all trash brands and the brand names are at the bottom of the list so I’m sure Amazon doesn’t care if it is real or fake as long as the money clears
Who told that dude to keep those blue glasses on?
I don't understand, other people can't make and sell camo gear? Their stuff isn't like a Gucci handbag.
You must pay royalties.
Buy once, cyre once
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But what about all the random letter brands on Amazon?
Shiagoo, abxy, etc etc
What government agency buys equipment on Amazon? While counterfeiting is an issue, seem unlikely that it would be one that would impact law enforcement and military. Maybe more of an issue for your weekend warrior and the company’s ability to take their money with inflated prices.
Amazon has a China 🇨🇳 problem
Uh oh
Nobody trusts Amazon is doing the best that they can to help consumers...give me a break!
Liar
why are military uniforms sold in amazon?
Because people buy them
can't base it just off reviews I've sold over 1000 of items and people don't leave reviews until they have something bad to say.
Or the meh reviews. Fake reviews are usually either 1 star or 5 stars
Who cares about Amazon?
Their customers
Camo? Right: stuff that's intended to make fake indistinguishable from fake fake.
hehe that´s a good one
I think this is about pretending to be a brand rather than selling a knockoff. For instance, selling "Brembo Brakes" but swapping the product with a knockoff. It hurts a brand that uses higher quality materials and more expensive labor when its product is switched with an inferior product.
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wow this production was pretty b-league. First is the "De-esser"; this person's voice is so annoying with the Ultra S it's so irritating. Also they video ought to be focusing on product and the interviewee NOT the interviewer. Man what a weak article
Lies lies and more lies
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Stop making up problems that don't exist. There is no counterfeit on amazon, yes there are cheap look like but not counterfeit. Big brands are just mad people dont buy there overpriced stuff.
It’s not overpriced apple chargers are way better then the Knockoff ones
@FutureDreamZz they are not anker chargers are way better than apple chargers i use a anker charger to charge my macbook instead of the one it came with
I bought an Apple charger on Amazon, and it was counterfeit.
The charger malfunctioned, I had to throw it out.
You are naive bcz you haven't gotten FKD YET. I have experienced so many disasters bcz of the Chinese sellers. I had events for which i order event entertainment products for. The event comes and goes and i royally got screwed bcz I ordered from a Chinese seller, and it was too late to order from a legitimate store when it never came. Then the Chinese sellers keep your money for 5-6 weeks until they say oh, "finally not in stock." Ruining my events and putting me in a financially bad situation. Don't be so naive
@raquiely really you didn't check the seller? I doubt that it said sold by apple or made by apple. It could say for a iphone or ipad but thats not counterfeit. I you wanted to buy a original apple charger why didnt you by the one sold direclty from apple. Apple has their own page on amazon
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Who cares
Wait a second : if colors and patterns are not multicam then what's the infringement?
Well, if Crye would chill on their prices a bit maybe then there would be no need for counterfeit Crye garbage?
how about make a better product instead of something that can be easily cloned in a foreign manufacturing facility.
Well..., if you do what Trump is suggesting, which is to tariff imports, you'll make these Chinese counterfeit companies less desirable in America by making them more expensive to purchase, which incentivizes consumers to buy American made products, which can then be regulated better. Plus you'll employ more American workers by creating a stronger manufacturing market, giving more money to Americans to buy more American products. Then we can export goods ourselves. I'd like to see more "Made in USA" products that are well made, not this cheap mickey mouse Chinese crap.
Shut up
This is the solution
apple product zap you too lol, counterfeit of android 😂
Hve you seen Hauwei’s harmony os? They even copied apple’s ios icons for settings lmfao
Apple is the most popular counterfeit target
@@RrR-xv4ij well they are banned anyway lol
@@samsonsoturian6013 yup, check out the features apple released the last few years in all their OS, android copied from them before apple knew they were releasing those features. you are so right
In brooklyn, ny? this looks 1000% chinese warehouse in china!
i didn't just expose the counterfeit issue, did i???