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I've always thought Amazon were very exposed with their handling of the 'fulfilled by Amazon' stock. AFAICT - with these items, a seller can send them in bulk

I've always thought Amazon were very exposed with their handling of the 'fulfilled by Amazon' stock. AFAICT - with these items, a seller can send them in bulk to an Amazon warehouse and they'll all be put into the same box. So, a (for example) set of Sennheiser headphones sold by Amazon themselves can be in the same box as a fake set sold by a third-party seller, as long as the EAN is the same. I've had this previously with Sennheiser headphones - sold by Amazon, on their site, and I got the fakes. I just didn't think about the idea of it including items where the fakes were unsafe.

totalZero 10y ago
Wait, what? Do you have a source for this? I am bewildered by the thought that Amazon dumps third-party stock into their own inventory.
- sofaofthedamned 10y ago
  Can't find the original source I found last year, but this is near enough http://www.cpcstrategy.com/blog/2014/05/commingling-amazon-fba/ http://www.cpcstrategy.com/blog/2014/05/commingling-amazon-f...
  - sofaofthedamned 10y ago
    ... and there is this, too http://www.epictimes.com/07/20/2016/need-know-amazons-counterfeit-problem/ http://www.epictimes.com/07/20/2016/need-know-amazons-counte...
- swozey 10y ago
  You can easily send products to Amazon to have them fulfill the sales with their shipping/warehouse network. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201171200 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId...
  - totalZero 10y ago
    Right, but that doesn't mean they combine your items with their own items, I hope.
    - swozey 10y ago
      It tells you it's fulfilled by Amazon. They're referring to the shipment. A lot of Prime members don't buy non-Prime/Amazon shipped items because of the shipping delays. I myself am one of them.
anindha 10y ago
How did you know they were fake? Could it have been someone returned fake headphones and kept the real ones?
- sofaofthedamned 10y ago
  Could have been, but I know they were fake by comparing the ones I received from Amazon with those in a local store - packaging was suspect compared to these, as were the headphones themselves.
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totalZero 10y ago

Wait, what? Do you have a source for this? I am bewildered by the thought that Amazon dumps third-party stock into their own inventory.

sofaofthedamned 10y ago
Can't find the original source I found last year, but this is near enough http://www.cpcstrategy.com/blog/2014/05/commingling-amazon-fba/ http://www.cpcstrategy.com/blog/2014/05/commingling-amazon-f...
- sofaofthedamned 10y ago
  ... and there is this, too http://www.epictimes.com/07/20/2016/need-know-amazons-counterfeit-problem/ http://www.epictimes.com/07/20/2016/need-know-amazons-counte...
swozey 10y ago
You can easily send products to Amazon to have them fulfill the sales with their shipping/warehouse network. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201171200 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId...
- totalZero 10y ago
  Right, but that doesn't mean they combine your items with their own items, I hope.
  - swozey 10y ago
    It tells you it's fulfilled by Amazon. They're referring to the shipment. A lot of Prime members don't buy non-Prime/Amazon shipped items because of the shipping delays. I myself am one of them.

anindha 10y ago

How did you know they were fake? Could it have been someone returned fake headphones and kept the real ones?

sofaofthedamned 10y ago
Could have been, but I know they were fake by comparing the ones I received from Amazon with those in a local store - packaging was suspect compared to these, as were the headphones themselves.

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