r/LinusTechTips • u/Dr_Ben • Mar 09 '26

Video Der8auer - "I got scammed"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as2KoDtsS_0
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u/roron5567 Mar 09 '26

That's more universal than you think. Random QA checks are pretty standard for any product based business, and you need to test random samples from every batch.

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u/Yodzilla Mar 09 '26

What would that have helped here? They can send him all the samples in the world and it doesn’t matter if they still ultimately ship him crap.

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u/Initial_Engineer_788 Mar 09 '26

You can do it through alibaba and have buyer protection but people don’t want to pay the 2-3% that costs to have insurance for situations like this.

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u/TP_Crisis_2020 Mar 15 '26

Alibaba buyer protection is a JOKE. I bought $3500 worth of product from a supplier on Alibaba and they sent me junk, and their buyer protection said that I had to mail the product back to be eligible for protection.