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“3rd party on Amazon” Which means nothing. Same as buying from eBay or AliExpress or Wish. (Surprised Pikachu face)

• lmm 6y ago
  Amazon deliberately obscures that. They can't have it both ways; they present these sellers as part of their store, so they should take responsibility for the goods they sell.
  • corty 6y ago
    There is a tiny 'sold by X and shipped by Y' somewhere on the right in small print. I'm not sure that that's sufficient, but it is there. What is really lacking is a filter to get rid of all results not sold by amazon.
    • minimaul 6y ago
      Unfortunately, even buying from Amazon (with eg Amazon.co.uk as seller) doesn't help with this completely, because of Amazon's stock co-mingling setup.
• fmajid 6y ago
  Even buying from Amazon itself is no guarantee because they commingle inventory. The OP should totally escalate to Amazon customer service for a full refund on a fraudulent product, but you get the feeling Amazon is fully aware of the situation and profiting from it, and treats the occasional refund as a cost of doing business.
  • mjs 6y ago
    Do you have a source for this?
    • bitexploder 6y ago
      The inventory mingling is a well known problem. Just search it up. The fact that Amazon won’t fix it and does it on purpose leads to a relatively narrow range of conclusions.