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> a big chunk of their products are counterfeits The solution is to purchase products shipped and sold by Amazon. Avoid third party sellers unless you either k
by acuozzo 9y ago
> a big chunk of their products are counterfeits
The solution is to purchase products shipped and sold by Amazon. Avoid third party sellers unless you either know the seller well or if the seller is the manufacturer of the product.
And remember: "SHIPPED by Amazon" isn't enough since Amazon assists third party sellers by storing and shipping products on their behalf under Amazon's fulfillment program. The product has to be "SOLD by Amazon" as well in order for the above advice to apply.
- Sleeep 9y agoThird party sellers get commingled with Amazon inventory so buying sold by Amazon doesn't fix the problem.
- acuozzo 9y agoAmazon stores and ships products on behalf of third party sellers under their FBA program, but Amazon isn't listed as the seller in this circumstance. The SOLD part of "Shipped and sold by Amazon" is just as important as the SHIPPED part when shopping.
- Sleeep 9y agoYou're not understanding how comminging works here. Say I'm shady seller X, I'm sending in fakes to FBA (lol). Yes, I'd like to sell "Product Y." I'll list Product Y and enable "commingling," and send in fakes. Now when Amazon sells Product Y, Amazon will choose an item from it's shelves in a warehouse. Since shady seller X said "commingle my inventory" Amazon may choose the product(s) shady seller X's sent from it's shelves.