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I haven't used Amazon in years (I do what you do or buy it in person), but my understanding was that even FBA posed risks: Amazon will commingle "equivalent" st

I haven't used Amazon in years (I do what you do or buy it in person), but my understanding was that even FBA posed risks: Amazon will commingle "equivalent" stock by SKU, meaning that a vendor who uses FBA for their own site may end up shipping you a counterfeited or spoofed item. That understanding may be old or incorrect, but that's the story I've heard from others before.

bluGill 4y ago
At least some who do this have a contract that Amazon won.t comingle.
- dontlaugh 4y ago
  And in the worst case, you have the seller’s customer support available.
- BeetleB 4y ago
  When you send new goods to Amazon to sell, you can tell them not to comingle. This way if someone buys from you, they are guaranteed to get the item you sent them.
hinkley 4y ago
Why they don’t slap a label on each box is beyond me.
- cosmie 4y ago
  That's the default option. Commingling is an opt-in process to use the manufacture barcode instead of a unique label on each box, and makes it easier for Amazon to potentially fulfill orders by being able to pick inventory from a wider range of warehouses and make shipping more efficient.
cosmie 4y ago
It's called stickerless, commingled inventory[1], and it's where they commingle inventory from multiple sources based on the manufacturer barcode instead of a unique seller-item-specific barcode label, and will use any product with the same barcode in their distribution network to fulfill the purchase regardless of which source/seller provided that individual piece of inventory originally. From reading [1] it looks like they've tightened up the requirements for it, and put some mitigations in place around counterfeits. But it's also an opt-in process, so would be nice if they made it visible when you are or aren't purchasing from a seller utilizing it so you can decide yourself on a given purchase whether to go with the cheapest option or potentially opt for a more expensive listing but knowing that a product isn't commingled and was provided by the seller you're purchasing from. [1] https://www.sourcing-monster.com/amazon-commingled-inventory/ https://www.sourcing-monster.com/amazon-commingled-inventory...

bluGill 4y ago

At least some who do this have a contract that Amazon won.t comingle.

dontlaugh 4y ago
And in the worst case, you have the seller’s customer support available.
BeetleB 4y ago
When you send new goods to Amazon to sell, you can tell them not to comingle. This way if someone buys from you, they are guaranteed to get the item you sent them.

hinkley 4y ago

Why they don’t slap a label on each box is beyond me.

cosmie 4y ago
That's the default option. Commingling is an opt-in process to use the manufacture barcode instead of a unique label on each box, and makes it easier for Amazon to potentially fulfill orders by being able to pick inventory from a wider range of warehouses and make shipping more efficient.

cosmie 4y ago

It's called stickerless, commingled inventory[1], and it's where they commingle inventory from multiple sources based on the manufacturer barcode instead of a unique seller-item-specific barcode label, and will use any product with the same barcode in their distribution network to fulfill the purchase regardless of which source/seller provided that individual piece of inventory originally. From reading [1] it looks like they've tightened up the requirements for it, and put some mitigations in place around counterfeits. But it's also an opt-in process, so would be nice if they made it visible when you are or aren't purchasing from a seller utilizing it so you can decide yourself on a given purchase whether to go with the cheapest option or potentially opt for a more expensive listing but knowing that a product isn't commingled and was provided by the seller you're purchasing from. [1] https://www.sourcing-monster.com/amazon-commingled-inventory/ https://www.sourcing-monster.com/amazon-commingled-inventory...