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1 HN user recommended this in 2023, in one comment.
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Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
1 HN user recommended this in 2023, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I found a few Amazon listings for fake 16TB SSDs. Here's an example: https://www.amazon.com/WIOTA-External-Hard-Drive-Portable/dp... (https://web.archive.org/web/20230117092329/https://www.amazo...). It has 46 reviews and an average star rating of 4.8. Here are some of the reviews of this listing, which is definitely supposed to be an SSD:
> "These are fantastic slap bracelets. We use them as prizes at our school, and the kiddos love them! I wish there were more “boy” colors/themes, but our youngest students love them all! Great product for a great price!"
> "I hung this beautiful portrait in my kitchen. My family and I love looking at it everyday it is made well. Overall great product!"
> "This camera is really good and the mic on it works great too. Exactly what I needed. Great price aswell."
What happens is that sellers take listings for cheap, low-margin items, and build up reviews for awhile. Then they edit the listing to describe something expensive, and ship fakes. People assume it's legitimate because they see the high star rating.
Amazon makes it very difficult to report fake listings like this one, even when it's very obvious that it's fake. They also don't let users see the edit history of listings. I suspect that they're avoiding knowledge, so that if a fake item turns out to be dangerous, they can claim ignorance in court.