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Clearly you do not understand how Amazon Warehouses work Just because you buy someing from Seller A, even if Seller A is Amazon LLC, you may not be getting s

by syshum 10y ago

Clearly you do not understand how Amazon Warehouses work Just because you buy someing from Seller A, even if Seller A is Amazon LLC, you may not be getting stock from Seller A If I am A retailer selling SuperWidget 55, and I ship Amazon 100 Genuine SuperWidget's to store in their warehouse for amazon to ship to my customers (aka Amazon Fulfillment Service) . Then another competitor ship 100 Fake SuperWidgets to amazons warehouse. All Amazon records is they have 200 SuperWidgets. When a Customer orders a SuperWidget, they will get what ever SuperWidget is closest to their location, and a random one from that location, it may not be my SuperWidget but one of the 100 fake ones, even though the customer selected to order from me. So then the next question is why would a retailer use Amazon Fulfillment, well if you want to get any Prime buyers you must, as if you do not use Amazon Fulfillment your orders are not "Prime Eligible" which eliminates a huge number of consumers.

ikeboy 10y ago
You can choose whether to turn on comingling when using FBA.
- deleted 10y ago
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- TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
  That only matters if you can choose to exclude comingling when buying.
  - ikeboy 10y ago
    "So then the next question is why would a retailer use Amazon Fulfillment" You implied that sellers are required to use it. Edit: it's a different user that replied to me, my mistake. Also, Amazon tracks which order came from whose inventory, so if it's reported as fake they can punish the right seller. Any system of that size is going to have some slip through, but Amazon does a lot to vet sellers for specific products, categories, and so on. Just recently certain iPads were restricted, and I couldn't get approved with retail receipts, they wanted invoices from authorized distributors, for example. As a buyer you can't do much about comingling, but that shouldn't be relevant except for products with an abnormally high counterfeit rate. And you will get your money back with very little hassle when buying FBA (they refund you immediately and then require you to return it), and it helps hurt the bad seller. The fact is the vast majority of purchases on Amazon are legitimate. I agree Amazon needs to do something about their image, but it doesn't seem to be hurting their sales. And who else are you going to go to? eBay is even worse, and retailers are more expensive most if the time.
- ecommerceguy 10y ago
  Also, generally commingled is a bad option. We've never sent in commingled inventory and alot of products commingled is not allowed.
  - ikeboy 10y ago
    It really depends on what items you're selling and how many.

by syshum 10y ago

ikeboy 10y ago

You can choose whether to turn on comingling when using FBA.

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TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
That only matters if you can choose to exclude comingling when buying.
- ikeboy 10y ago
  "So then the next question is why would a retailer use Amazon Fulfillment" You implied that sellers are required to use it. Edit: it's a different user that replied to me, my mistake. Also, Amazon tracks which order came from whose inventory, so if it's reported as fake they can punish the right seller. Any system of that size is going to have some slip through, but Amazon does a lot to vet sellers for specific products, categories, and so on. Just recently certain iPads were restricted, and I couldn't get approved with retail receipts, they wanted invoices from authorized distributors, for example. As a buyer you can't do much about comingling, but that shouldn't be relevant except for products with an abnormally high counterfeit rate. And you will get your money back with very little hassle when buying FBA (they refund you immediately and then require you to return it), and it helps hurt the bad seller. The fact is the vast majority of purchases on Amazon are legitimate. I agree Amazon needs to do something about their image, but it doesn't seem to be hurting their sales. And who else are you going to go to? eBay is even worse, and retailers are more expensive most if the time.
ecommerceguy 10y ago
Also, generally commingled is a bad option. We've never sent in commingled inventory and alot of products commingled is not allowed.
- ikeboy 10y ago
  It really depends on what items you're selling and how many.