> The way to avoid this is to buy items that are “shipped from and sold by” Amazon or the manufacturer. Former Amazon seller here. Comingling happens, so this

> The way to avoid this is to buy items that are “shipped from and sold by” Amazon or the manufacturer. Former Amazon seller here. Comingling happens, so this is not much of a guarantee. Yes, Amazon will track which seller sent the item that you got, and can penalize them, but I still have to put up with a return process. Simply not an issue with places like Target and Walmart. Ever. If I order something new and Walmart is the seller, I will get a new, unadulterated item. And while we're at it, I've never had a problem with eBay either. You'd expect this to be a bigger problem there.