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Amazon ‘drop-shipping’ resellers cost a family candy maker millions
- gnicholas 4y agoWe ordered something on Amazon and had a Sam's Club box show up. It was weird, and we quickly figured out that it was arbitrage. I can see how neither Amazon nor Sam's Club has a huge incentive to shut down these sellers, since ultimately they both profit from their existence.
- draw_down 4y ago
- lesuorac 4y agoI think the title is misleading when in context of the article. Afaik, the subject of the article is a candy maker but the article is about Dum Dums which they sell (but afaik don't make) and since they sell it at a higher price than other companies (Sam's Club, misc amazon sellers) they're "loosing sales" to those other companies.
- technofiend 4y agoYou misread the article. The person quoted in the article runs the e-commerce division of the candy manufacturer. Spangler should label the Dum Dums differently or talk to Sam's Club instead of Amazon about people abusing the 10 person address allowance on Sam's Club. Or maybe just stop selling the item to Sam's Club altogether if they're losing money.
- aaron695 4y ago
- CTOSian 4y agoThose drop-shippers are a plague, there is a trick to screw them -esp when they ship from ebay- : you make a claim to return the item(s) (eg damaged) then they usually sent you an "amazon" return label - if you got it from ebay you simply can refuse to send back to "amazon" as the sale was on ebay , a friend of mine did it some times and he told me he managed to screw them and kept the items - as the ebay in most (if all) cases will favor the buyer.