Amazon, in general, is not the place to shop for "brands renowned throughout the world."
Most of those folks stay off amazon, and If you're lucky enough to find such a brand on Amazon the chances that you receive a counterfeit version are pretty great.
Although if I had an endless bag of money to burn it'd be fun to buy an Amazon Rolex [0] just to see how it's handled.
I think the “IM JUST AN AI MODEL FROM OPEN AI, I CANT DO THAT” drawers are actually more famous for their quality and engineering details than Rolexes. You’re right, that probably means this is counterfeit, but my heart skipped a beat with excitement just seeing they had it in stock.
That is, of course, their premium drawers, and it looks like they’re sold out of their “I found this on the web. Please unlock your iPhone to view more” bar cart as well.
It actually is... ? For every brand, I search amazon first. They usually have it cheaper, with fast delivery and reliable return policy. Better than most brand webshops. If brand/quality wouldn't matter I would go to Ali.
> If brand/quality wouldn't matter I would go to Ali.
If brand/quality matters, I'd rather order from Ali than Amazon, because if I'm going to get a counterfeit anyway then I might as well pay less for it.
I love my FOPEAS counters! I got them for free in exchange for my honest review. I haven't assembled them yet, but my cat loves to sit on the box. 5 stars!
"received quickly, looks good, haven't tried yet" were always concerning reviews on ahem, darker markets. You always wondered if they tried it and died so they couldn't come back to update their review, but reviews like that were rampant.
And I don't think the FTC was up to the marketplace's neck, they were actually honest and genuine reviews someone took the time out of their day to submit.
I bought junk furniture like this when I was in college. It’s actually much worse than ikea.
If you are careful when putting together ikea furniture, certain models are actually really durable and sturdy. Oh and of course sometimes the European models are nicer than the American ones.
I don't mean to rag on ikea here, i have a bunch of ikea furniture and find it to be generally sturdy and good enough to stand up to anything i ask of it. i've also got some similar wal-mart furniture that i have no complaints with. i guess i haven't had the experience you have with whatever the bottom tier of furniture truly is.
my point was more just that "good enough" furniture is often good enough. we don't usually demand too much performance from a chest of drawers: heirloom-quality furniture is nice, but mostly an unnecessary luxury item.
IKEA has huge economies of scale, a ruthless focus on efficiency, little marketing, and reasonably low margins (~8%).
At any given price point, their products are likely to be the best available, with the caveat that they do offer things at price points where everything in the market is disposable crap. Their mid-price stuff can be great value though.
I’ve bought a number of IKEA products made from solid wood that are 10+ years old, have moved multiple times, and still look/work great, including some Hemnes dressers.
