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Re:Amazon makes good on its promise to delete “incentivized”... by ikeboy on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:19PM (#13038226)
Generally Sandisk items are restricted, i.e. only authorized resellers are allowed to list them on amazon. (There's also a $1000 fee payable to Amazon to be allowed to sell them.)

So for Sandisk specifically this isn't a concern, although your comment applies to other, unrestricted brands.

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Re:Amazon makes good on its promise to delete “incentivized”... by tyingq on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:26PM (#13038291)
Not sure that policy is working.

This listing came up in the top 10 when searching for "Sandisk 32GB": https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDHC-Package-Extenders-A...

The seller is "VP Distributor" and the brand is "Sadnisk" (sic). I don't see any links to see more info about the seller.

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Re:Amazon makes good on its promise to delete “incentivized”... by ikeboy on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:36PM (#13038364)
Click on the seller to get https://www.amazon.com/sp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=&isAmazonFulfi...

98% positive and 2250 lifetime feedback ratings means it's probably a good seller, just not authorized for sandisk and listed there to get around the rules. If someone took the time to report them the listing would be removed.

OTOH the same seller lists https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M55C0VU, which I've confirmed on my account is restricted. So maybe they are authorized, and just listing on any ASIN they can find that matches the product? I've done that sometimes.

It doesn't look like customers are being harmed in this particular case, it's possible some unauthorized seller created the listing and VP distributor simply jumped on it at a later point, the first seller could be suspended now.

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