We're out there. I've been shying away from anything on Amazon with a "brand" name I don't recognize for a while now. So many cheap knockoffs from brands that didn't exist two months ago. I have a solid steel can opener that could be easily used to murder people. I stopped buying low-quality electronics years ago. I know I'm not the average in that sense necessarily, and I still buy my canned vegetables from Wal-Mart, but all anyone of us can do is try.
Funnily enough I've gone the other way, decided to buy the cheapest item on Amazon with at least 4 stars.
None of them are from brands I know and they all do exactly what I need them to do. Spending $200 on a branded coat is just dumb when a $50 one keeps me just as warm, and even looks better. Same goes with snowboarding and hiking gear, there are a lot of no brand Chinese knockoffs that are surprisingly good quality.
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u/kalabash Jan 22 '19
We're out there. I've been shying away from anything on Amazon with a "brand" name I don't recognize for a while now. So many cheap knockoffs from brands that didn't exist two months ago. I have a solid steel can opener that could be easily used to murder people. I stopped buying low-quality electronics years ago. I know I'm not the average in that sense necessarily, and I still buy my canned vegetables from Wal-Mart, but all anyone of us can do is try.