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I had this realization the other day. I was buying something that's currently out of stock most places. I looked on Amazon, saw some "3rd party" sellers that
by Klathmon 9y ago
I had this realization the other day.
I was buying something that's currently out of stock most places.
I looked on Amazon, saw some "3rd party" sellers that said they would have it on stock various dates about 1 week in the future, and I didn't believe them.
Some sellers had hundreds of positive reviews, others had only a few, most were an "appropriate" price (not to high or low), and all of them had the prime designation, but I still didn't believe them.
Amazon has lost my trust here, completely. And I don't know if they will be able to get it back. I just can't trust that they will get me what I bought in a reasonable time frame.
I got it from a previous years unheard of (by me) retailer online. Reviews of the company elsewhere on the internet seemed trustworthy, and I took a leap on them, and it paid off.
I trusted an unknown website more than I trusted Amazon.
- bonestamp2 9y ago> I looked on Amazon, saw some "3rd party" sellers that said they would have it on stock various dates about 1 week in the future, and I didn't believe them. They're planning to drop ship it when you order it. Only then will they realize it's out of stock (or they'll wait weeks for it from China). A number of times I've had a reseller dropship from walmart.com or target.com for a few dollars of arbitrage.
- astura 9y agoIIRC, when my listing says "back in stock on x day" it's caused by Amazon moving my inventory between wearhouses. I don't know if you can manually mark your listings like that though.