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Wow. All I can say is “Finally!” And $600k is not even a slap, nor will it prevent Amazon or their sellers from continuing this practice.
If you’re not familiar with this issue–next time you are reading reviews of a product, especially something tech, you’ll be surprised to read reviews on items that have NOTHING to do with the item you’re researching on that page.
This has been going on for quite some time. I don’t see it being a practice that will be discontinued as long as we have so many products flooding in from places like China.
$600k? Oh, please.