I recently tried to buy a bottle of the weight loss drug Alli, an enzyme
inhibitor which inactivates the enzymes that digest fat. I searched for
"Alli 170" to find the most economical size and bought a bottle. When it
arrived, I discovered that there...
On my Firefox browser, which is up to date and has the widely used
Ghostery plugin to protect privacy, I can't log into eBay. I get to the
CAPTCHA, solve it, get a dialogue saying that Firefox has to resend some
information, and tell it OK. I get ano...
This thread seems to have simmered down, so I am just going to end it
with this advice: If you buy Alli on eBay, do NOT purchase from any
listing that does not show the ACTUAL BOX BEING SOLD, with intact orange
and black seals on top and bottom. Look...
eBay claims to be a legitimate marketplace platform for the sales of all
manner of goods, not a "flea market." It even touts an "authenticity
guarantee" on its home page. It's been informed of the counterfeits, and
if it continues to allow them it wi...
Another sign that eBay just doesn't care if people are poisoned: Today,
I reported a listing for a very obvious fake. The photo in the listing
clearly showed a "seal" on a box of fake Alli that DIDN'T EVEN MATCH THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE AUTHENTIC SEAL ...
Nope. Amazon does not require that sellers be "authorized by the brand."
That's why there are so many sellers whose names are random jumbles of
letters drop shipping from AliExpress.
Buying on Amazon is not a 100% guarantee of authenticity. Yes, Amazon
acts to stop sales of fakes, which makes it much better than eBay as a
place to buy such products. But some counterfeits do slip through on
Amazon as well. I bought a fake on eBay ...
