I stopped buying electronics after receiving a counterfeit Playstation controller, from the actual, Amazon Choice, PlayStation store. Unsurprisingly, my review that contained a teardown comparing the internals of a genuine controller with the counterfeit didn't ever make it to the product page.

I also stopped buying anything health/body related after receiving some "organic bees wax" for some DIY candles that smelled like a chemical plant and melted at the wrong temperature (who knows what it was) and some vitamin D pills that were all melted.

Same. I canceled Prime two years ago, and haven't bought anything from Amazon in several months. I just buy locally now, and if I can't find something locally, I buy it from the manufacturer's website or a smaller reseller with a better reputation.

When your counterfeit Michelins blow out and your engine siezes up on the counterfeit Castrol you may have a different view on prices and value.

You have no way of knowing that the overpriced stuff at the local garage is not fake either. I've had the Austrian consumer affairs department intervene on my behalf a number of times when local garages attempt to overprice on items that were either not required during the service or overpriced. I've had local plumbers try to charge double the price on certain items when they thought I wouldn't notice. Your rose colored glasses are quaint. Everybody is out to make a buck and I wouldn't put it past local shops to buy fake products and charge double for it. I'd rather my fake stuff at a decent price thankyou.