Anymore, when I try to search for something on Amazon, all of the top items are cheap shitty Chinese knockoffs of the exact same item with a different funky name. When you read the reviews, you can tell they have all been astroturfed. I don't buy anything unless it's a brand name, ships from and sold by Amazon or if It's a store front with a name I recognize.
Yeah, it's difficult to find many things on Amazon these days. Especially if you want a particular thing, it's easy to miss it in the sea of Chinese crap.
A funny story about Amazon from a couple of years ago... I needed some high temp masking tape that met a specific specification. I found some on Amazon and it was about $6.50 a roll, so I ordered a loll. When it was delivered, the box was huge and heavy as hell. Broke it open and found that they had shipped me an entire case of 48 rolls. That like $300 dollars worth of tape for $6.50 and free shipping. Anyway, I'm set for life on high temp masking tape.
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