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Originally Posted by Undertoad
I think everybody needs to know that there is an avalanche of bullshit Chinese products up on Amazon right now, and they are gaming the reviews system until it is a wild wild west situation. I bought a 1000 lumen flashlight for $17. Too good to be true? Yes, the piece of shit overheats and fails after ten seconds. Five stars it got, until Amazon intervened and said something's fishy about these reviews.
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The cynic in me says they are not cracking down as hard as they could, because "Prime" category vendors are generally better-vetted and higher quality, and it doesn't really hurt them if people start to feel they can only trust Prime items.