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[–] wick@lemm.ee 168 points 1 year ago (38 children)

Amazon turned out really weird. I feel like the idea of Amazon should be consolidating reputable retailers together, but they decided to open the floodgates to random people and now it's little better than wish.com. Maybe they should split the site up and push all the random sellers onto a different platform.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (24 children)

I trust nothing on there anymore, it is very difficult to wade through the crap. All I want is a 3m HDMI 2.1 cable and I don't believe what I'm getting.

It's like chinavasion but with better marketing.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Bought some plant stuff for the wifes bday and the company name on Amazon was XXXtenacion...wtf does that even mean? Why xxx? I don't know, but there are thousands of these ai generated/poorly translated brandings going on.

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You are right! I double checked it's XXXFlower, not the rapper :)

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 points 1 year ago

I would've believed you either way lmao. The amount of weird brand names when I'm looking for something as generic as, say, a HDMI cable, wouldn't make me surprised if a seller named themselves after XXXTentacion

[–] JonEFive@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: XXXFlower not the rapper is Chance the rapper's second cousin

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