Thread: Amazon's Knock Off Problem
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:03 PM   #20
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by taosaur View Post
The solution is already there: ratings and reviews. If the title slips past a careless reader, then maybe a 1 star rating with 15,000 votes and a string of reviews entitled "FAKE!!!" will get their attention.
But what if it has 15 fake five star reviews?
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Originally Posted by plib View Post
I think the Romans had the best idea - caveat emptor.
Caveat emptor is an invitation for consumers to be ripped off with no recourse. No thanks.

This isn't about actual books that coincidentally have the same or similar titles. This is about fraud - using a similar name to mislead someone into buying crap that is only intended as filler and was never intended to be an actual book.

That's why it's best for Amazon to take care of the clearly fraudulent cases itself.
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