40% of the top sellers on Amazon are based in China, according to research
I have to say the variance has become very high. In the past, I have, for example<p>- Ordered a brand product and gotten an obvious fake from China. Not good.<p>- Ordered a brand product, got something that had obviously been opened and used before.<p>- Searched for something, found only hundreds of mostly identical Chinese generic products. Ordered one, was complete and utter garbage.<p>- Searched for something, found hundreds of mostly identical Chinese generics. Ordered one, and it was actually pretty decent! Sadly, this happens less often.<p>Overall, I only buy electronic stuff on Amazon if it is cheap and/or no product with domestic (EU) assembly and QA exists.
If it is a large purchase, or one which may put me, my family or the house in any sort of danger, I would never, ever trust Amazon anymore. I buy it directly or from a store that sources directly from the producer.<p>Additionally, you pretty much have to buy stuff which you wouldn't bother to send back, because these things usually go nowhere.<p>Edit: Oh and don't get me started on the reviews. I just to look at them. Now, they are mostly fake, especially for these Chinese generic brands.<p>I am convinced that some of these generic brands just receive the products that got sorted out of some real brand QA process and sell them anyway.