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Luck of the draw for fraud. You could be buying from the highest rated seller, but if their product is comingle you can get a counterfeit. Additional, counterf
by fma 8y ago
Luck of the draw for fraud. You could be buying from the highest rated seller, but if their product is comingle you can get a counterfeit.
Additional, counterfeits can be good enough that you don't know it's fake.
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2014/07/01/pros-and-cons-commingling-amazon-merchants/ https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2014/07/01/pros-and-cons-...
- varrock 8y agoWould denoting if a seller under FBA is using the commingling service help solve this issue, or would that negatively effect the benefits Amazon reaps from this type of inventory model?
- dragonwriter 8y agoExposing which FBA sellers commingled would lead to avoidance of those sellers by quality conscious consumers, which would lead to more opting out, which would drive up costs and prices on Amazon. Preference for commingling is a deliberate choice by Amazon that consumer transparency on sourcing and avoiding fraud is less important than minimizing prices.
- fma 8y agoA seller can opt out of comingling, but it costs the seller money. I assume amazon calculated the increase cost of the inventory control and pasts those cost on, so it won't drive down Amazon's profit. Since Amazon doesnt label which seller opts out, it doesn't give much incentive to do it.