Excellent if you buy from a store

I have purchased four of these recorders in the past, because they work extremely well. The only reason I purchased so many of them was because I'm lazy with transcription and sometimes just opted to buy another recorder rather than transcribe the recordings from a previous recorder. The thing is that I bought the previous four recorders from Walmart, which seems to not sell them anymore. I bought my fifth one from Amazon in September 2018, and now, in December 2018, it has inexplicably gone from working just fine to sounding muffled like everything was recorded from beneath a pillow. The recorder was not damaged in any way. I am quite familiar with the settings, having now owned five of these, and I double, triple, and quadruple checked that the mic setting didn't get changed. No. The recorder just fizzled out after two months. I purchased this through Amazon Prime's fulfillment center, and it seems that their quality checks aren't what they used to be when they first started, as many counterfeit and outlet quality items are being sold as originals. I suspect that's what happened here, because my other four recorders have worked just fine for years, and it looks like I'll be clearing them out to start using them again. Not pleased, Amazon. Buyer beware.

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