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I've been skeptical of Amazon ever since I learned that they bin inventory from all sellers together at the warehouse, so you could pay extra to buy from the ma

I've been skeptical of Amazon ever since I learned that they bin inventory from all sellers together at the warehouse, so you could pay extra to buy from the manufacturer's official store and still be sent a cheap knockoff.

losteric 3y ago
Amazon does not universally comingle. There are many exempt product categories in addition to the seller's ability to opt in/out. If you buy a product from a specific seller which arrives with a stuck-on barcode in addition to the UPC, that product probably wasn't commingled. (The fact that this information is so important and hidden is of course inexcusable)
- Waterluvian 3y ago
  Is the barcode sticker a way of changing the identifier so that it specifically cannot be co-binned?
  - bootlooped 3y ago
    The ASIN is the product identifier, 10 characters, and it's what the buyer usually sees. Amazon would use something else behind the scenes to ensure things aren't comingled, probably FNSKU. If the ASIN was different it wouldn't be comingled, but I don't think Amazon wants sellers all creating their own ASINs and thus new product pages when one already exists for the product. Anybody who has used Amazon enough has witnessed when there's multiple separate listings for the same product and how annoying it is to compare.
- inferiorhuman 3y ago
  Honestly I don't care about the minutia of commingling. The past few orders I've gotten through Amazon have been counterfeit and/or used.
ecshafer 3y ago
When a video game (Persona 5 Royal edition) came out, I purchased a brand new copy (this is important) from Amazon. I received the case of Persona 5 Royal Edition, but with the normal Person 5 game (for people unfamiliar, the royal edition was sort of greatest hits re-release a couple years after the initial release). So something was wrong that I receive a game not in the shrink rap and with the wrong game. This really soured me on Amazon.
- Sebguer 3y ago
  When the very hyped Magic the Gathering Lord of the Rings sets came out, there was an expensive pack of all of the 'commander decks'. Apparently almost every person who ordered it ended up just getting one of the four decks instead. Amazon didn't proactively refund or... do anything.
- creer 3y ago
  Is it useful to even consider whether shrink wrapped? How hard it is for a scammer to re-shrink wrap something? Not too hard it seems.

losteric 3y ago

Amazon does not universally comingle. There are many exempt product categories in addition to the seller's ability to opt in/out. If you buy a product from a specific seller which arrives with a stuck-on barcode in addition to the UPC, that product probably wasn't commingled. (The fact that this information is so important and hidden is of course inexcusable)

Waterluvian 3y ago
Is the barcode sticker a way of changing the identifier so that it specifically cannot be co-binned?
- bootlooped 3y ago
  The ASIN is the product identifier, 10 characters, and it's what the buyer usually sees. Amazon would use something else behind the scenes to ensure things aren't comingled, probably FNSKU. If the ASIN was different it wouldn't be comingled, but I don't think Amazon wants sellers all creating their own ASINs and thus new product pages when one already exists for the product. Anybody who has used Amazon enough has witnessed when there's multiple separate listings for the same product and how annoying it is to compare.
inferiorhuman 3y ago
Honestly I don't care about the minutia of commingling. The past few orders I've gotten through Amazon have been counterfeit and/or used.

ecshafer 3y ago

When a video game (Persona 5 Royal edition) came out, I purchased a brand new copy (this is important) from Amazon. I received the case of Persona 5 Royal Edition, but with the normal Person 5 game (for people unfamiliar, the royal edition was sort of greatest hits re-release a couple years after the initial release). So something was wrong that I receive a game not in the shrink rap and with the wrong game. This really soured me on Amazon.

Sebguer 3y ago
When the very hyped Magic the Gathering Lord of the Rings sets came out, there was an expensive pack of all of the 'commander decks'. Apparently almost every person who ordered it ended up just getting one of the four decks instead. Amazon didn't proactively refund or... do anything.
creer 3y ago
Is it useful to even consider whether shrink wrapped? How hard it is for a scammer to re-shrink wrap something? Not too hard it seems.