Don’t buy Apple products from Amazon. Especially power or cables. The counterfeiting is out of control, and they have no plans to fix it

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draebek 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Are you sure of that? For years now I think Amazon and Apple have an agreement where only Apple or Apple-approved third-party vendors can sell Apple products on Amazon?

https://9to5toys.com/2018/11/09/apple-and-amazon-deal-iphone... https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-pumps-up-its-amazon-l...

(I think there may be a few other top-tier brands who get this special treatment from Amazon.)

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chedabob 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are getting rid of comingling which should reduce some of the counterfeiting problems: https://www.geekwire.com/2025/after-years-of-backlash-amazon...

	▲	octo888 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They said they are (again). That's different to it actually happening
	▲	hinkley 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That was just days ago. It’s ten years overdue. Bu as the other responder implied, I’ll believe Bezos when his lips stop moving.

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Aurornis 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Anecdote: I’ve bought at least a dozen Apple accessories recently and it’s been fine.

Just don’t buy from random listings with vendors named TREGARBLE or something. Inspect it upon arrival and send it back if it’s a problem.

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octo888 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> I’ve bought at least a dozen Apple accessories recently and it’s been fine.

How did you verify their authenticity?

	▲	hinkley 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		“I’ve bought a dozen accessories and my house hasn’t burned down yet.”

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hinkley 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The thing with commingling is it’s a matter of proximity. That’s going mean some people are consistently more fortunate than others.