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0 pointstheonething3y ago0 comments

Even if you buy it from the manufacture's official Amazon store?

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Thanks to Amazon comingling inventory, you can buy something from one seller and have it fulfilled from the inventory of another. There's no protection from fakes and counterfeits. Even the reviews aren't enough to be sure.

4111111111111113y ago

That's not necessarily true in the context of the parent comment.

It only applies to deliveries directly from Amazon and drop shipping sellers, but Amazon is essentially a marketplace and the original sellers don't have to co-mingle.

You're completely safe from co-mingleing if you're actually buying through Amazon from the original manufacturer and the article information says something like "sold and delivered by TheOriginalManufacturer"

dataflow3y ago

By the way (since I see this a lot, and I've thought the same thing before), it's commingling, not co-mingling.

eloff3y ago

Only if the original manufacturer does the shipping, which is not always true. If it says "prime" it's warehoused by Amazon, original manufacturer or not, and subject to commingling.

4111111111111113y ago

Yes, that's why I explicitly said that the article information has to include

> "sold and delivered by TheOriginalManufacturer"

It's commingled if it says "sold by TheOriginalManufacturer, delivered by Amazon"

It's a pretty small line next to the price.

(Prime delivery tag isn't an indicator btw, sellers can get prime certified and still handle their own shipping.)

https://sell.amazon.com/programs/seller-fulfilled-prime

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eloff3y ago

4111111111111113y ago

That's not necessarily true in the context of the parent comment.

It only applies to deliveries directly from Amazon and drop shipping sellers, but Amazon is essentially a marketplace and the original sellers don't have to co-mingle.

dataflow3y ago

By the way (since I see this a lot, and I've thought the same thing before), it's commingling, not co-mingling.

eloff3y ago

Only if the original manufacturer does the shipping, which is not always true. If it says "prime" it's warehoused by Amazon, original manufacturer or not, and subject to commingling.

4111111111111113y ago

Yes, that's why I explicitly said that the article information has to include

> "sold and delivered by TheOriginalManufacturer"

It's commingled if it says "sold by TheOriginalManufacturer, delivered by Amazon"

It's a pretty small line next to the price.

(Prime delivery tag isn't an indicator btw, sellers can get prime certified and still handle their own shipping.)

https://sell.amazon.com/programs/seller-fulfilled-prime

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