Unauthorized/Fake Products?

Hi Picky Community! I found some Cosrx products on Walmart .ca (Walmart Canada), and I suspect that these products aren’t authorized by Cosrx themselves. On the Cosrx website, it shows a map of where you can buy their products and nothing showed up in Canada on the map. I also wanted to mention that the prices are quite low. I know Walmart is a big bulk store, all about saving money and such, but when I compare these prices to the prices on K/beauty website, the Walmart price seems to be too low. I was told that buying skin care products off of Amazon could be risky because of the sellers. Juston/ @myskinisglass can explain it better than I can. (Link below 👇 ). https://www.instagram.com/reel/CJ1al33nTH4/?utm_medium=copy_link Could these be fake products? Is buying k beauty products on Walmart safe?

Betweendots

Oily/Sensitive

I don't think these are fake - walmart is a huge company, even in Europe we know it (but it doesn't exist here), and usually gigants like this are scared to sell counterfeit products

clumpsymai

Dry/Sensitive

Maybe ask Cosrx on Instagram or email? They seem to be very active in insta :)

Sharonspendstoomuch

Dry/Resilient

I think Walmart.com has several 3rd party sellers (like Amazon) so it is possible to get fake products. I have heard that some Walmart’s in Canada do carry some products in-store. I once saw Pureology Shampoo at Walmart too. If they are not an authorized reseller of a product, chances are that they are diverted products. This means they could be fake, diluted or old expired (or expiring products) and are sold at a discounted price. This was the case with the Pureology shampoo. I suggest contacting Cosrx directly to see if Walmart is an authorized seller or diverting products.

LouiseY

Oily/Resilient

I do know that Walmart has a scheme where they sell products for as low as possible (at a loss) for a short while or until other companies/stores can’t compete then they price them back up once competition dies down.

illie

Dry/Sensitive

It says "clearance". Maybe they sell it with a really low price because the expired date was close

Unauthorized/Fake Products?

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