To warn you about amazon selling fake products?

Probably the same suppliers who sell to these dodgy outlets.

FSA warns about food safety risk from fake branded chocolate bars | Food Standards Agency

So I bought a box of orange Aero for my elderly DF from a UK wholesalers that I found online. All good.

However the other day, an ad popped up on my phone from Alibaba for wholesale Aero. Quite shocked about this, and amazed that Rowntree McKintosh don't try to stop it. And it's now made me think twice about where I buy it, asassuming a lot of the online retailers and poundland/corner shops are selling counterfeit chocolate.

We only buy cheaper basics where we are not bothered about the brand eg basic mop, plastic storage tubs etc.

I would never buy branded toiletries or clothing or electricals or kitchen goods (apart from basic teaspoons etc). I'd rather just pay a little more and buy from an established retailer.

Rip offs are absolutely rife. Amazon are merely a middle man platform (similar to Air BnB, booking.com etc).

I am so thankful that a combination of having very modest needs and good shops nearby means I have never used Amazon and probably never will.

Some of the stories here make me even more convinced I do not want to deal with them, although I realise that some people will find them a convenient retail option.

I’ve also heard about stuff like make up and skincare on Amazon being fake. Lots of people saying they got fake Biore watery essence. Which is worrying as they bought something they thought was spf50 but may not have been.

I have also heard that stuff like Yumove pet tablets on Amazon are likely to be fake. Worrying about dog food, I buy Scrumbles dogfood from Amazon.

Thank you for clarifying, @RockaLock - that's really useful information!

I used to buy from Amazon but a few dodgy buys, no answer from customer service and I am fully done with them.

Yep. I've bought products from a brand's "store" and while not obviously fake they did look ancient (musty smell and outdated packaging that the company had changed years ago), and the packaging looked like it had been wet at some point in its long life.

I'm ashamed to say that I've had a Prime membership for several years for last minute stuff (e.g. present for a kid's party) when I couldn't get to the shops.

I was thinking about ditching it this year though as lost faith in their ability to supply genuine items. I wasn't exactly sure when it was due to renew. When I checked, it auto-renewed without any email notification etc, in early November. I definitely used to have it set to ask me before auto-renewing so I have just checked my settings..... there is now a box to tick to request an email three days before auto-renewal - it was unticked.

I find this really shittily stealthy of them and I think I will just cancel altogether now (as long as I still get the benefits I've paid for until next November). They no longer seem to have an option to ask you if you WANT to auto-renew before they do so 😡.

Yes, that’s correct.

But also, the “Revlon store” on Amazon is not actually operated by Revlon. If you look at the products, they are all sold by Amazon. It’s just Amazon making a subsection of their website for a brand. It’s the same for “The Ninja store”.

Yes, the brands may have had input into how their “store” looks, but it’s just Amazon’s way of grouping together all products from a brand. You are not buying direct from the manufacturer when you are buying from those “stores”, you are buying from Amazon, and so you may end up with a genuine product that has been sourced from the manufacturer by Amazon, or you may end up with a fake product that has been sourced by a random 3rd party seller.

@CraftyNavySeal said similar, RockaLock

I've always been very wary with what I buy on Amazon but thought I might buy from an official store on there as find it harder to get stuff in Boots - say, a Revlon lipstick. So if it's from the 'official' Revlon Store but on Amazon - I think what you're saying is that someone could buy a Revlon lipstick from a 'non official' store (possibly selling fakes/ copies) and it will be put on the same shelf as the products directly from Revlon? Have I got that right?

I don't think the Ninja kettle is fake, it looks the same as the white one on Curry's, you probably have been sent the wrong colour though so I would return anyway as it is not what you ordered, it doesn't look gold and is called white on Curry's. Stainless steel may refer to the inside of the kettle rather than the whole lot.

@NinjaWhat i think if you google that kettle model and colour and look at images to find photos from reviews that it is looks the same as yours and looks genuine, I think the issue is actually with the Ninja pictures and editing of the product making it look different to reality.

I’ve bought Rapidlash from Amazon that was fake.

I too have had this with oral b toothbrush heads

Yes, the colour you received looks like something “stone gold”, stone as in the beige/grey body.

I think what Ninja has done is use photos of the kettle in a different colour, but then edited them to look more like the Stone Gold variant (instead of actually taking photos of the stone gold one). This is probably why it has a stainless steel texture in the listing photos, but the actual kettle is matte. In fact, looking at the listing, every photo of the kettle has slightly different colours - it’s not consistent.

Yes this is exactly it, the wrong pics have been used. I dont think its plastic though which is strange that others think it is. On further investigation the stone gold colour is an amazon exclusive, its not available via ninja themselves.

Yanbu. I'm sending a lot back to Amazon now I'm finding... nothing seems to match the photos. Can't shop local as it's just coffee shops or charity shops near me..you can't buy ink cartridges now from tesco etc

I think the issue is that the ninja stock photo isn’t a good representation of the product.

I just checked the Amazon listing, and I think the kettle you received is genuine and matches up to the kettle other customers received including @casper2017

Yeah that doesn’t look fake

It’s the way the warehouse is stocked it doesn’t have to come from the official store. Anyone can ship into Amazon and say their stock is xyz and slap the correct barcode on or pay Amazon to change their barcode and boom it’s on the same shelf as the legit.

This wasn’t bought direct from Amazon it’s from the Ninja store on Amazon which is a third party seller.

So its arrived. Not stainless steel but i wouldnt say its plastic, feels more like a matt style metal which I am fine with to be honest. @NinjaWhatis yours white as mine is more grey/beige but wasnt sure if it was just the lighting in your pic. Doesnt seem fake at all as I have bought quite a few ninja products from them directly