No, this is what happens when each step in the sales chain is not held accountable. The only cure for this is to demand each middleman validate and be held responsible for maintaining product integrity. Only when malefactors are identified and removed from the sales & distribution process can buyers hope not to be cheated.

The problem today is nobody is guarding the henhouse. The fox is having a field day. (Or in this case, it's Fox Books from "You've Got Mail".)