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- Ordered a brand product and gotten an obvious fake from China. Not good.- Ordered a brand product, got something that had obviously been opened and used before.- Searched for something, found only hundreds of mostly identical Chinese generic products. Ordered one, was complete and utter garbage.- Searched for something, found hundreds of mostly identical Chinese generics. Ordered one, and it was actually pretty decent! Sadly, this happens less often.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.Additionally, you pretty much have to buy stuff which you wouldn't bother to send back, because these things usually go nowhere.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.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.