New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do I find legit, quality products on Amazon?

Ask HN: How do I find legit, quality products on Amazon?
4 by vz8 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
My household avidly uses Amazon.com, but we're finding it harder and harder to find goods that are genuinely good, rather than scam-popular. We've tried Fakespot and Review Meta: the former frequently detects an outsized proportion of fake reviews, while the latter will be in opposition (bias promoting affiliate link purchases?). It's getting discouraging when on a quest to buy light bulbs, every vendor is approaching a score of 60% review reliability. Very often, the Amazon Top Pick has the worst reputation on review analysis sites. Frequently, to short-circuit paralysis by analysis, we just buy the least worst item. Or a meaningless name brand at thrice the price (I'm looking at you, Philips) with equally dismal results. We're finding that garden variety consumer electronics are a landmine of knockoffs with poor quality and short lifespans. Just looking for a decent outdoor timer ended up an epic rabbit hole (and we're on a third try). Is it really that bad? What has your experience looked like, and have you found tools to help? Thanks.

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