[Leica] Fakes on Amazon

[Nathan Wajsman]

As I said to Don privately, I am convinced that Amazon has a genuine wish to get rid of fakes on its platform and is engaged in significant activities in that direction. Not perfect, obviously, but seriously trying. Which is more than you can say about the likes of eBay, let alone Alibaba/Aliexpress. The gold standard in weeding out fakes is set by Vestiaire Collective, a French online platform for selling higher-end items (watches, clothing, accessories ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand EUR). There, if the buyer wants to pay an extra 15 EUR, each item is sent to a central facility where the company will check it (they have experts to do that). If the item is genuine, then it is sent to the buyer and the seller gets his money. This kind of approach is obviously only feasible for an e-commerce operation with relatively low volumes.

Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu

http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
http://www.greatpix.eu
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> On 23 Apr 2024, at 04:45, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> We never buy anything that costs over US$100 on Amazon India, and
> definitely nothing critical (sensor cleaning sets, for example). Too dicey.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> The police in Nashville take a similar proactive approach to folk who have
>> taken advantage of the plentiful alcohol on their bar street.  Talking to
>> the numerous ladies who were celebrating weddings, birthdays or just a
>> night out with their friends they had no concerns for personal safety with
>> the very visible presence of police.
>> 
>> I would be curious about what the Amazon executive had to say about
>> counterfeit goods:  they certainly convey a good number through their site
>> despite efforts to contain them.
>> 
>> And of course the finish with the food porn spread you laid out for your
>> wife on her birthday.
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 12:47 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> The last week of March started in Wrocław, moved on to Warsaw, and then
>>> home to Alicante, where I looked at a Good Friday procession and slaved
>> in
>>> the kitchen for a full day to prepare a curry meal for my wife’s birthday
>>> party. The highlights in Poland included a great exhibition of Banksy’s
>>> works and walking around the quirky Warsaw neighbourhood of Praga, where
>> a
>>> bar name such as “In the Fumes of Absurdity” is not at all out of place.
>>> 
>>> It is all here:
>>> 
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4289
>>> 
>>> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> 
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>> 
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