And it is true that most of the packaging is simple, but not all.
However, buying fakes and futures will never worry, because it is impossible. Needless to say, Japanese drugstores that can be seen everywhere on the street will never sell futures, because if customers find complaints, the stores will be very unlucky, and it goes without saying that they will lose money and apologize, and there is also the danger of bankruptcy.
Don't say futures, that is, they are about to expire. Make a 20% discount and a 30% discount, and mark the products with reduced prices in big letters. The deadline is coming. Will not cheat customers.
Regarding the 98A03 you saw, this is the batch number. Insiders will know the production time when they see this, but I don't know how to look at this. I'm really sorry ... but 98 is not a year, and the letter part is a year, which just means I'm not good at it. ...
Online shopping, I think it is better to find someone to buy it directly, not to say that all stores are unscrupulous, but some people's minds are really hard to guess, so be careful!