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I tend not to buy electronics from Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon. I've had more scam swapperoos and straight up DOA than I can count. They package a CPU exactly how they package an action figure, they drop it into a huge box with 2 little air pillows and yeet it in the back of a truck.
If it's a third party seller not shipped by Amazon it'll be as good as any other retailer, I mean, they'll most likely confirm that they're sending you the actual thing and they'll use plenty of packing peanuts
Another thing I’ve noticed on Amazon is oftentimes you’ll get the first generation of a product. I bought a smart space heater from there quite some time ago and by the time I’d owned it for a few months it was already unsupported, then six months after that it was impossible to connect to (it lost WiFi and I had no means to reconfigure it).
Had I purchased elsewhere I probably would’ve received the fifth or sixth generation. If I do buy from Amazon now I’m always super picky about details.
Thank you. That's a good point.