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Bought a pod kit from a seller I did not know much about and the first thing I did was check the compliance markings on the box. They all look crisp and correct as far as I can tell. Is that enough to settle it, or can markings be faked as easily as everything else?
Short answer: neat markings are reassuring, but they are not proof by themselves, and it is worth being clear about why.
What compliance and certification markings can do is support a judgement you are already forming. When the printed details are clean, consistent and correctly laid out, that is a signal the packaging was produced properly. What they cannot do is stand in for the broader checks - packaging quality, build quality, how the pod fits the device, and the buying source. Anything that can be printed can be printed badly by someone honest or printed well by someone dishonest, so a marking on its own settles very little.
The reverse is more useful in practice. Bad labels matter more than good labels do. If the markings look weak, messy, oddly placed or inconsistent with each other, that is worth taking seriously as part of the wider picture. Tidy markings move the needle a little; scruffy ones move it a lot.
Given you did not know the seller, the source is the part I would weight most heavily here. Our compliance and certification guide sets out what each marking does and does not tell you, and it pairs with the visual checks guide.
The point about bad labels carrying more weight than good ones is a really clean way to put it. Never thought of it as asymmetric before but that is exactly right.
Fair. The markings look fine, the box is decent, and the pod seats properly - it is only the seller I was unsure about. Sounds like everything else stacking up is the actual answer rather than the one label I fixated on.