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Amazon accepts returns for 30 days and pays for shipping if you select "Item defective or doesn't work" for your return reason. However, that kind of con may st
by dmitriy_ko 8y ago
Amazon accepts returns for 30 days and pays for shipping if you select "Item defective or doesn't work" for your return reason. However, that kind of con may still be very profitable for merchant since many buyers won't bother returning.
1. Pay for couple hundred 5-star reviews before Christmas
2. Get tens of thousands of orders
3. Send people cheap defective items that costs 1/10 of price to manufacture
4. Profit! Even if 80% of buyers return, it could still be profitable.
- felix_nagaand 8y agoThe seller can also just hit and run leaving Amazon with the losses.
- muro 8y agoNot if they only get the money after the return period is over.
- gambiting 8y agoExactly - any big company will usually pay for the stock 30, 60 or even 120 days after the delivery. I can't imagine Amazon pays their suppliers immediately.
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- rasz 8y ago"sellers", toy was comingled and Amazon doesnt track inventory source.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoI guess that's the only legislation in place right now - that is, Amazon can't be sued / held liable for e.g. broken goods or false reviews if they offer a gratuitous return policy. Like how youtube can't be held liable for copyright infringement because they offer a gratuitous takedown procedure.