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Please excuse me for those questions that might seem out of place. I mean, I feel like this should be a place to post fumo, not discuss how to get them, but I don't know anywhere else where I can discuss with actual fumo experts.

To put this into context, I'm >>22378953

I decided I couldn't wait 10 years to get my first gift fumo so I've probed the market a bit, willing to spend more money than average since I got a pretty hefty sum from saving up recently.
Sadly the only opportunities I've ran into so far seem to be from Amazon.
Now, I heard a lot of bad things about Amazon when it comes to Japanese wares. A lot of shitty Chinese bootlegs out there, and the few articles that actually are authentic, are sadly, but understandably, overpriced.
Despite that fact, I'm willing to spend money on a genuine product. The reason I'm posting here is because I'm scared of accidentally buying a shitty bootleg.

One product in particular stood up on amazon, but there's a lot of unknowns associated with it.
The price is around $130, and it's a Japanese seller.
$130 is a lot, but Ran fumos seem to be pretty rare, so I'm willing to make the leap.

The product title and description are kinda vague.
The title simply states:
>[Indigo] Fumofumo Yakumo Ran east Plushie Series 15 (japan import) from Gift
With the term Gift being an hyperlink, not pointing to the Gift website, but to a search page on Amazon for the term Gift, which seem really bizarre to say the least.

The only description for this product is shitty engrish translated straight from google translate:
>[Indigo] Fumofumo Yakumo Ran Shikigami of Yukari. There is the appearance! The pretty more Fu Fumo the tail of Kyutsu hearty Ai We have representation. Pointed hat Charm point can be removed. Please be loved and allowed to set all the Yakumo family
This clearly doesn't sound very promising, since nowhere in the description (or even on the whole page for that matter) do they explicitly say that their product is a fumofumo from Gift itself.

But then I looked at the seller profile.
It is written somewhere in the FAQ of the vendor page:
>Q: Are the products original/authentic?
>A: All of the products at 「**** jp」 are 100% original/authentic. We source products directly from principals / authorized distributors.

Lastly, pic related is the picture used on the product page.
It's straight up the picture of the fumo on the Gift shop website itself.
That alone can't be a mark of authenticity, right? And there's no other, actual pictures of the product, so I don't know how I feel about that.

So my first question to you fumo experts is: given those information only, can we tell whether or not this is a scam?
Do people really sell Chinese ripoffs for such high prices ($130), just because they know people want to avoid counterfeits and selling for a high price give them some kind of authenticity?
My second question, more for Amazon aficionados, is: if I bought the product, then noticed it was a shitty knockoff from China, would I still be able to get my money back by getting Amazon involved, showing them that the vendor lied about its product?
Also if that matters I asked a few question (asking for more photos of the actual product, asking whether or not the product comes straight from the official Gift shop) on the product page but the vendor hasn't responded yet.

I'm sorry for this wall of text. I know I shouldn't have done that but that kind of was my only option really.

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