Record label claims Amazon is selling counterfeit vinyl

[joeinid]

https://www.whathifi.com/news/record...nterfeit-vinyl

[mep]

The same article also said they sell fake CDs too.

[asindc]

I'm not surprised.

[Randy Myers]

God I can't stand criminals and cheats. Unfortunately you have to watch your back all the time to protect yourself from these scumbags.

[UltraFast69]

In relation to music, have only bought a couple of SACDs from Amazon, and stick with the usual suspects, and not saying a problem can’t happen there, it just makes more sense to me.


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[Edward]

yet one more reason to go all digital.....


[kidding]

[dminches]

Not that it is any better but it seems like the proper term would be "bootleg" since counterfeit infers that there is a real product out there that is being copied.

Of course, none of this makes it ok. I guess Amazon needs to do a better job vetting its vendors. Not sure that will ever happen. My guess is that they are legally protected by the agreements signed by those who sell on their website.

[Al M.]

The same article also said they sell fake CDs too.

Never had any problems with that, even though I buy almost all my CDs from or through Amazon. But then, it's mostly classical and jazz.

[mep]

Never had any problems with that, even though I buy almost all my CDs from or through Amazon. But then, it's mostly classical and jazz.

How would you know?

[Al M.]

How would you know?

I don't know, but I have good guesses that it's unlikely.

For one, the article states:
"Tommy Boy Records has claimed that Amazon is selling counterfeit vinyl – titles that the record label has never even had pressed to vinyl."

That problem (second part of the sentence) doesn't apply to my CDs.

Second, I dont think there is any commercial value in pirating esoteric classical and jazz CDs -- why do that if you can make much more money from million sellers in pop?

[mulveling]

With as often as they got my orders wrong, I'm not surprised. It's amazing they became a trillion dollar company operating like this - I guess they cut all the right corners for their benefit.

[Al M.]

With as often as they got my orders wrong, I'm not surprised. It's amazing they became a trillion dollar company operating like this - I guess they cut all the right corners for their benefit.

I have never gotten any order wrong from Amazon, and I have made countless orders from them.

Their professionalism is not in doubt for me, I have more problems with their labor practices.