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This is the same scaling problem that all market places have had. eBay used to have quality stuff on it, now it’s pretty much just a drop shipping front, same thing happened to Etsy. The Amazon marketplace is increasingly filled with low quality products, completely fake reviews, illegal knockoffs, and it’s search has been getting worse over time.

The key advantage that Amazon has over other retailers (for consumers at least) is that its logistics are so damn good. I’ll usually go to Amazon first to look for what I want, because I know they’ll probably ship it faster. But more often than not I usually end up buying from a more specialized retailer for one reason or another.




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