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Amazon also co-mingles inventory. If we both have the same exact product to sell it gets put into the same physical warehouse space. Then when it's sold, they j
by mox1 9y ago
Amazon also co-mingles inventory. If we both have the same exact product to sell it gets put into the same physical warehouse space. Then when it's sold, they just grab a random one out of that space.
So its possible that you can "sell" an item that a different supplier actually sent to amazon.
- stevenwoo 9y agoI thought one specified the seller on Amazon.
- Amezarak 9y agoYes, but he's saying that Amazon commingles the inventories of different sellers if they recognize it to be the same item. In other words, if Seller X, Y, and Z all sell Widgets, Amazon puts all their Widgets into the same box. When you buy a Widget from Seller X, you may actually be getting a Widget that originated from Seller Y or Z. From the buyer and seller perspective, it's transparent...unless, of course, one of the sellers is a counterfeiter, in which case the buyer gets agitated that Seller X is selling counterfeit Widgets and yells at Seller X for selling counterfeit Widgets when the item actually originated with Seller Y.
- acuozzo 9y ago> Amazon commingles the inventories of different sellers if they recognize it to be the same item Is this also true of items shipped and sold by Amazon.com? I avoid third party sellers for this reason.
- j-c-hewitt 9y agoYou're probably more likely to get something co-mingled sold by Amazon.com than from a third party seller. Generally speaking third party sellers have more of a reason to opt out of it unless they know their inventory is junk.
- astura 9y agoYes.
- sgroppino 9y agoThis is terrible. Do they also mix with items sold by Amazon itself?
- stevenwoo 9y agoWow, that seems like a horrible practice to me because if I chose a seller over another I'm generally trying to guess who is not selling counterfeit goods at a reasonable price.
- mox1 9y agohttps://www.wsj.com/articles/on-amazon-pooled-merchandise-opens-door-to-knockoffs-1399852852 https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-amazon-pooled-merchandise-op...
- j-c-hewitt 9y agoAmazon does not always co-mingle inventory. Sellers can opt out of co-mingling. There's no indicator to the user, however, that something is coming from co-mingled inventory.
- mox1 9y agoAs a consumer/customer I have no way of knowing. So as far as I am concerned all products Fulfilled by Amazon are co-mingled inventory, possibly items directly sold by Amazon as well (I don't think they have commented on this).
- j-c-hewitt 9y agoRight -- you can't know as a consumer.