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Just don't buy anything that isn't explicitly sold by Amazon.com. Or a few trusted others like AnkerDirect
by beamatronic 9y ago
Just don't buy anything that isn't explicitly sold by Amazon.com. Or a few trusted others like AnkerDirect
- mattpavelle 9y agoThis is a common misconception. As has been stated before on similar threads, Amazon comingles inventory. So if you as a third party seller have a bunch of fake widgets for sale on Amazon and anyone else (including Amazon themselves) sell the same widget (same by name) then Amazon has no control over whose inventory a buyer receivers, regardless of the Sold By label on Amazon.com https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-amazon-pooled-merchandise-opens-door-to-knockoffs-1399852852 https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-amazon-pooled-merchandise-op... Relevant paragraphs if you can't get past the paywall: "As more third-party sellers have signed up to offer products through Amazon and use its order-fulfillment services, the Seattle-based giant has allowed many to pool their inventory with supposedly identical items supplied by other sellers—in essence commingling products from third-party merchants with those supplied directly to Amazon by the brands themselves. In other words, a product ordered from a third-party seller may not have originated from that particular seller. If the bar code matches, any one that is on the shelf will do."
- j_s 9y agoPer this discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13040084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13040084 "FBA vendors appear to have control [...] But I still don't think the amazon customer can see if an fba vendor allows commingling"