![Gear knob "DSG" for VW Golf 6](/upload/2024-VW-Schaltknauf-327684.jpg "Gear knob "DSG" for VW Golf 6")
Award - Gear knob "DSG" for VW Golf 6
Left Original: Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany
Right counterfeit:
Sale: Amazon Export Sales LLC, Seattle, U.S.A.
Distribution: via AMAZON.de (Operator: Amazon Europe Core S.à.r.l. Luxembourg)
As a platform operator, Amazon earns money from every sale - regardless of whether it is an original product or a counterfeit. At the same time, Amazon itself acts as a seller of products - including counterfeits: "DSG" is a registered trademark of VW for the gear knob of the VW Golf 6. Amazon US offers the counterfeit from China at a third of the original price on Amazon.de. Unprofessional: Amazon US has shown no reaction whatsoever to a warning letter from VW. And the technical operator of the Amazon.de website (see above) also denies any responsibility. Inadequate: Although VW has already deleted numerous counterfeits via the "Amazon Brand Registry", DSG counterfeits continue to appear, i.e. Amazon does not take any technical precautions to ensure that they are blocked or deleted as soon as they are uploaded.