Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Amazon Sells Fake Electrical Fuses" video.

  1. I've been using Amazon as a catalog to find better companies with better independent reviews. Then I go direct to the manufacturer with the best reputation. Almost all of them will ship direct to the customer. I did it because years ago, with their treatment of their own workers and politicization (Denying AW$ services to a platform they deemed politically incorrect). I also had my own mini-boycott against Chinese goods, because of how they treat their people and their predatory trade practices. I think countries like that should face steep tariffs, to offset their underhandedness and oppression at home. No embargoes. Just a middle path that increases the cost of being authoritarian cheats. As time has gone on, it's gotten harder and harder to tell just from the Amazon site where something is made, and the more they hide it, the more sure I am that it's from China, where, on top of everything else, I have no confidence as to the materials used or the quality of construction, expecting it to fall apart or wear out really fast. Amazon was a great idea and revolutionized commerce, but when it could be generous and open, it chose to be tight-fisted and opaque. It won't be going any where any time soon, but it'll do without most of my business.
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