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minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·4 months agoMaybe they shouldn’t have 6,000 versions of the same thing under different fake brands sold by fake companies. Clean that up and the rest becomes a hell of a lot easier.
minus-squaretyrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·4 months agoNot to mention the sellers that swap the product but keep the reviews
minus-squareBrokkr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoI think a lot of that stuff is people buying items in bulk off alibaba, rebranding it, and listing. Most of it is crap, but that’s how stuff like it can be so cheaply produced, it’s one or two factories producing at scale.
Maybe they shouldn’t have 6,000 versions of the same thing under different fake brands sold by fake companies.
Clean that up and the rest becomes a hell of a lot easier.
Not to mention the sellers that swap the product but keep the reviews
I think a lot of that stuff is people buying items in bulk off alibaba, rebranding it, and listing. Most of it is crap, but that’s how stuff like it can be so cheaply produced, it’s one or two factories producing at scale.