For higher end things you expect to last, pass on it and get the real thing.
For cheap crap you don't care if it lasts, don't fall for the scare tactics. They already have your identity, and that cheap thing you buy off Amazon was made in the same factory with the same labor practices.
Most that cheap stuff is not really a knockoff, but rather the same thing you'd buy off Amazon. Only difference is the one on Amazon, someone else bought first, drop shipped to Amazon and sells ifor double the price. Might as well save a few bucks and buy direct.
It's true the shipping is a bit rigged at the expense of US tax payers, but the government agreed to that and will eventually correct it. Might as well benefit from your own tax dollars while you can. You are not going to get the thing the next day, but it also does not take months. Things I've been happy with: garden hoses, sunglasses I don't want to spend money on cause my son will break them, vacuum attachments to clean out the laundry vent, and a few other small random things.
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