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1. You're wrong, and I linked to an Amazon page that explicitly says that. "For inventory tracked with the manufacturer barcode, each seller’s sourced inventory
by ikeboy 7y ago
1. You're wrong, and I linked to an Amazon page that explicitly says that. "For inventory tracked with the manufacturer barcode, each seller’s sourced inventory of the same ASIN is stored separately in our fulfillment centers. We can also track the original seller of each unit." from the link above.
2. " If they did, they'd be able to return your units to you" no, because they may have sold already. If I ship 100 units in, sell 50 myself, then someone else sells 50 and Amazon ships my units for their sales, then Amazon can't return my units for me, even though they know exactly which 100 orders my units were shipped for.
- erik_seaberg 7y agoThey say they can, but they don't act like they believe it. If I had to guess, I'd say new inventory might now be on separate shelves but some existing inventory is permanently in doubt.
- ikeboy 7y agoOn what basis are you saying they aren't acting like it? And they've been saying that for years, and basically nobody keeps inventory for years because Amazon charges huge fees for doing so. If your position is they switched over years ago then it's not an issue now.
- erik_seaberg 7y agoYou don't know whose units were used to fill an order for your listing. You can't blacklist scammers. You don't know how many of your units remain in stock, and you can't get just those back. If every lot of units were individually tracked, why would barcodes even matter?
- ikeboy 7y agoWho's you? If you mean Amazon, then they know. Individual sellers don't know, correct. If you as a seller want to be able to get the same units shipped back, then don't use the manufacturer barcode program. Barcodes matter so the warehouse can scan and know which product has been shipped in. Every product in the system requires a barcode of some sort.