That sounds typical to me. This far I have had a slightly higher than 50% success rate with AmazonBasics items. I don’t think I will be purchasing many more. Especially since they have started forcing me to mail back $5 defective chargers before they will send a replacement.

You clearly haven't shopped at Amazon. It's the most typical Amazon experience there is. That's what they sell:

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