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Does Amazon already do this?
by huntersbellend 10y ago
Does Amazon already do this?
- pooper 10y agoPreviously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13955981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13955981 We had a discussion about Amazon.com comingling inventory with seller inventory. More discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924546
- tyingq 10y agoIt's a nod to their online model. You sell android phones as a 3rd party on Amazon.com. Buyer claims "not as described". Keeps phone, puts potato in Android box and returns it. Amazon forces you to refund. Probably distressing to Amazon that they can't foist off losses of physical in-store shoplifting onto 3rd parties.