Kristen Schwab

Before we get too far into this, remind us what third-party sellers are, where they sell, and how common they are.

And these are, what are these companies?

Are these people selling out of their garage?

Like it can run the gamut, no?

Yeah, well, let's get into your actual experiment.

So you pick all this stuff, you get it shipped to you, and then what?

How did the test work?

Well, what does this mean for shoppers?

I mean, has this experiment changed the way you shop yourself?

Yes.

Hmm.

Rose Mora Laurie is a senior staff writer at Wirecutter, writing about counterfeit products.

Rose, thanks again for coming on the show.

Thank you so much.

Coming up.

It's geo-located, it's tracked, we know where you are, who made the bet.

Sometimes the features that help build confidence in a product also feel a bit creepy.

But first, let's do the numbers.

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