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As far as I know this doesn't actually work, because Amazon will comingle goods. That is to say you buy good from A. The warehouse closest to you has the same "
by Dobbs 7y ago
As far as I know this doesn't actually work, because Amazon will comingle goods. That is to say you buy good from A. The warehouse closest to you has the same "item" but it is from B. So they ship you B's item, but mark it from A's inventory and credit A the money.
So even if you order from known good retailers, or Amazon themselves if party B puts bad products into the warehouse you can end up with bad or fake products.
- jthistle 7y agoSellers have the option about whether their inventory can be commingled. Also, when there is high fraud potential or a large number of complaints Amazon doesn't allow commingling stock. I operate a supply chain company who works for Amazon 3rd party sellers.
- nkrisc 7y agoEven if what you say is true (I have no reason to doubt you), I simply no longer trust Amazon enough to believe it. I don't imagine I'm alone.
- dspillett 7y agoBut how do we, as buyers, know which sellers have selected that option and which haven't? The option existing for you makes absolutely no difference to how much I trust the system if information about (or even the existence of) the option is not something I know.