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Amazon sells lots of food items that are sold by Amazon.com. You have to use discretion, but there is nothing wrong with buying multi-vitamins, probiotics and s

Amazon sells lots of food items that are sold by Amazon.com. You have to use discretion, but there is nothing wrong with buying multi-vitamins, probiotics and supplements on Amazon. However, it is probably a good idea to not buy them from a third-party seller.

detaro 7y ago
On the front page right now: Amazon shipping counterfeit books as "sold by Amazon.com": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21243420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21243420
dragonwriter 7y ago
> Amazon sells lots of food items that are sold by Amazon.com. “Sold by Amazon.com” is not safe, because of potential commingling with stock identified as the same SKU from Fulfilled by Amazon sellers. If you know of a reliable non-FBA third-party seller, that's the safest thing
- gamblor956 7y ago
  At least in its SoCal warehouses, Amazon does not commingle its own inventory with FBA sellers for product liability reasons. It maintains separate internal warehousing SKUs for FBA inventory stockpiles.
  - colechristensen 7y ago
    Do you have sources for this?
    - gamblor956 7y ago
      Third party? No, but Amazon used to be a client so I got to see them firsthand.
80mph 7y ago
Amazon Warns Customers: Those Supplements Might Be Fake https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-fake-supplements/ https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-fake-supplements/