Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz...
by mmagin on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @06:09PM
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Whoa. So when I individually choose to get a product from a particular FBA seller on Amazon, it is not necessarily the one that originated from that seller?
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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz...
by cookiecaper on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @06:11PM
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It depends on the seller. Sellers can opt-out of commingled inventory, but it incurs additional labeling/packaging costs for them. If they've done this, then you're getting the physical item they've sent in to FBA. If they haven't, then you may get the physical item they sent in, or you may get some other item that someone else sent in under the same identifier.
As far as I know, there is no way to know whether an FBA seller uses commingled inventory before purchase. The only option is to ask and hope they're telling the truth.
Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz...
by dalfonso on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @07:39PM
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It's not 100% guaranteed, but if you receive a product and the barcode has been covered with a sticker with a code starting with X e.g. X123456879, then it's most likely from that specific seller.