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Re:An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Pr... by samfriedman on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:06AM (#16185907)
If you inspect the account/brand listed as the seller, it is much harder to get fooled by a counterfeit. Amazon-brand items sold by Amazon are pretty hard to mistake, in my experience.
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Re:An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Pr... by extrapickles on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:45AM (#16186113)
Co-mingling breaks that. What happens is even though you buy from seller 1, they will send you seller 2s item if its in a warehouse closer to you.

The only way to avoid this is to by things only sold by 1 seller.

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Re:An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Pr... by skellera on Friday January 19, 2018 @12:16PM (#16187860)
Ziess lens cleaner being Sold under the Ziess account is sometimes counterfeit. The thing with that is the counterfeit destroys lens coatings.

Pretty sure this has to do with the co-mingling people are mentioning which means you can’t be sure even if it’s coming from the brand.

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Re:An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Pr... by nkrisc on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:45AM (#16186111)
That's starting to be a lot of work when I can buy from another site where inspecting the seller isn't a necessary step.
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