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The seller fraud started happening when Amazon let international vendors on the platform so they could compete with Alibaba. It's virtually impossible for Amazo

The seller fraud started happening when Amazon let international vendors on the platform so they could compete with Alibaba. It's virtually impossible for Amazon to police all their international vendors given how hard things like verification are internationally. Even when they do ban a vendor, it's very easy for them to pop up again under a different name.

gcb0 8y ago
you guys are basing it all on personal anecdotes. amazon was always the wild west. since 2009 when I started to use amazon heavily I remember having to always police myself to never buy from items without the "sold by amazon" note. it has nothing to do with evil foreigners or going down to alibaba level. amazom was always the alibaba of the US.
- wtvanhest 8y ago
  Sold by amazon guarantees nothing. Just 10 minutes ago I paid 10% more for a tool at home depot because I honestly wasnt sure if I would get a fake version on amazon and 10% was worth being relatively sure.
  - fencepost 8y ago
    Fyi, Home Depot should price match to Amazon for "sold by Amazon" items, though online purchases are valid only for matching not their 'competitor price -10%' low price guarantee. A lot of other stores will do the same with online competitors (or their own online pricing). My example from 2 days ago is Target price matching 2x2032 batteries from $7 to the target.com price of $3.
- fencepost 8y ago
  since 2009 when I started to use amazon heavily I remember having to always police myself to never buy from items without the "sold by amazon" note. What you've missed is that ever since Amazon added "fulfilled by Amazon" what "sold by Amazon" means is only "pulled from stock in an Amazon warehouse, with that stock coming from both Amazon wholesale orders and stock shipped in by third party sellers." Basically commingling of stock means that "Sold by Amazon" is entirely an accounting function now and says nothing about the physical products or their origin.
  - BeetleB 8y ago
    I have sold on Amazon via FBA. Everything you say is true. If I ship a new item to Amazon's warehouses, I go through a step in the process where I explicitly give Amazon permission to comingle my item with theirs.
  - gcb0 8y ago
    that even proves my point further. amazon was always, by design, the wild west.
- debaserab2 8y ago
  No, I'm not, I'm basing it on investigative journalism. Listen for yourself: https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124#episode-player https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124#episode-player Ironically you only supported your own argument through a personal anecdote.

gcb0 8y ago

you guys are basing it all on personal anecdotes. amazon was always the wild west. since 2009 when I started to use amazon heavily I remember having to always police myself to never buy from items without the "sold by amazon" note. it has nothing to do with evil foreigners or going down to alibaba level. amazom was always the alibaba of the US.

wtvanhest 8y ago
Sold by amazon guarantees nothing. Just 10 minutes ago I paid 10% more for a tool at home depot because I honestly wasnt sure if I would get a fake version on amazon and 10% was worth being relatively sure.
- fencepost 8y ago
  Fyi, Home Depot should price match to Amazon for "sold by Amazon" items, though online purchases are valid only for matching not their 'competitor price -10%' low price guarantee. A lot of other stores will do the same with online competitors (or their own online pricing). My example from 2 days ago is Target price matching 2x2032 batteries from $7 to the target.com price of $3.
fencepost 8y ago
since 2009 when I started to use amazon heavily I remember having to always police myself to never buy from items without the "sold by amazon" note. What you've missed is that ever since Amazon added "fulfilled by Amazon" what "sold by Amazon" means is only "pulled from stock in an Amazon warehouse, with that stock coming from both Amazon wholesale orders and stock shipped in by third party sellers." Basically commingling of stock means that "Sold by Amazon" is entirely an accounting function now and says nothing about the physical products or their origin.
- BeetleB 8y ago
  I have sold on Amazon via FBA. Everything you say is true. If I ship a new item to Amazon's warehouses, I go through a step in the process where I explicitly give Amazon permission to comingle my item with theirs.
- gcb0 8y ago
  that even proves my point further. amazon was always, by design, the wild west.
debaserab2 8y ago
No, I'm not, I'm basing it on investigative journalism. Listen for yourself: https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124#episode-player https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124#episode-player Ironically you only supported your own argument through a personal anecdote.