• alessandro@lemmy.caOP
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      14 days ago

      Is probably the most “legitimate feeling” giving experience. You can be a legitimate owner of a copy of a game and use a random iso dump of the very same game, but just plug the actual thing gives different strokes.

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    15 days ago

    But I got such a great deal on this Blur-Ay pure organic asbestos retractable cup-holder, I’d have been a fool not to buy! It did burn my house down though.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 days ago

    Trusting Newegg and Aliexpress is part of the problem.

    Also, if the price is too good to be true, it probably is fake. Look up what you want. Sort by review. Look at what the top-reviewed ones cost. Focus on the ones that have very high ratings (like 4.7/5 or better). Amazon will tell you if “customers usually keep this item” or “customers usually return this item”. The lack thereof isn’t a red flag, but a highly rated product that customers usually keep that costs a bit more than other products… there’s probably a reason they’re willing to pay more.

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        14 days ago

        A decade ago.

        A Chinese conglomerate bought a majority stake in 2016. They immediately started going downhill. Then in 2020 they merged with another Chinese company.