Best way to go about removing Chinese competitors on Amazon

[dallis]

I bought a $25 Visa Gift Card and then I completely cleaned out the chinese sellers ... using bogus information and did it at a public internet place so. The card only had $25 on it so it would decline, however the inventory got tied up in pending... after all the legit sellers that were lowering their prices to compete with the counterfeits got wiped out, I was getting an extra $45 per item.

You're actually bragging about this?

It's like saying, "I robbed a drug dealer and took all his cash, aren't I amazing?"

Your moral compass needs serious refurbishing.

[applebaum]

[QUOTE=chibul;907925]

I came up with a clever idea to get rid of the counterfeiters. I bought a $25 Visa Gift Card and then I completely cleaned out the chinese sellers by buying up their entire inventory.

Not clever at all. Imagine them reading this right now and doing the same thing to you and leaving you negative feedback so you stop 'buying' up their inventory.

Find a different way to compete. This is not a new problem on either eBay or Amazon. You will find this in every category with almost every item you can think of. You need to either find a different selling strategy that is buyer focused because you will not solve it with your 'clever idea'.

[walkingupwards]

You're fighting a loosing battle. Reporting an item to Amazon does not simply get the seller banned, it's merely a myth in my opinion.

I still see sellers with a whopping 20% negative feedbacks and they are still active on Amazon. Maybe Amazon Europe is different in this regard though!