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At this point I only really buy things from Amazon that are essentially fungible. Cables, adapters, toiletries, tools, none of these matter enough to me to care about exactly what I get, as long as it’s roughly what’s in the picture, and to be honest they’re not even worth counterfeiting.

For everything else there’s rarely a reason to not buy directly from brands or niche specialist retailers. Customer support is typically better, warranties are often better, repair processes are better, and that’s not to mention the issue of counterfeiting.




Toiletries? You trust Amazon to not swap out your lotion with a cut-rate adulterated copycat?


These are things that don't really matter to me, the point is that I don't really care if they get switched for "cut rate", I'm practically buying the cut-rate version already. That's what Amazon is good for.




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