You see, Titan Company’s got some beef with Snapdeal – like, a legit court case kinda beef. They got a “relief from the Delhi HC against sale,” which basically screams, “Hey Snapdeal, knock it off with the selling stuff that *looks* like our stuff but totally isn’t.” That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement, is it?
Then there’s the Casio situation. They’re suing Snapdeal and some sellers on the platform for selling, get this, *counterfeit* Casio watches and calculators. Calculators! Who even counterfeits calculators anymore? Apparently, someone does, and Snapdeal’s platform is where they’re hawking them. You’d think that’d be a red flag, right?
And it’s not just companies complaining. Peeps are complaining. I even found consumer complaints about Snapdeal.com specifically selling “fake watches.” Like, not just *a* fake watch, but “fake watches,” plural. Someone even had a whole *thing* about ordering a Titan watch and getting a fake one delivered. The audacity, honestly!
Flipkart gets dragged in tangentially because I saw something asking “How is Flipkart able to sell these for such a low price?”. It’s a fair question, especially when you consider the whole “fake goods” issue swirling around online marketplaces. It makes you wonder if the low price is because the product is, well, not the real deal. Hmm. I’m not saying Flipkart is doing anything shady, just…food for thought, you know?
Snapdeal, of course, is fighting back. They’re “refuting” being on the US Trade Representative’s “Notorious Markets” list. And okay, maybe they’re just trying to defend their rep. But, like, if there’s smoke, there’s usually fire, right? I mean, *why* would they be on that list in the first place if everything was hunky-dory?
Then there’s the Delhi High Court ordering Snapdeal’s co-founders to appear because of duplicate products being sold. That’s *huge*. Like, court-appearance-level huge. That’s not something that happens because someone accidentally listed a slightly-off shade of lipstick.