Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a counterfeit

Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by oxymoran on Saturday March 03, 2018 @07:47AM (#16509054)

Right, meaning fulfilled by Amazon. But they have the brand registry indicating that something is “of a brand”. So you are saying that these products can be counterfeits? The item from the post says it’s “by wish power” not google(the logo is certainly alarming though). It’s a knockoff sure, but a pretty obvious one. I order everything from Amazon and I have never ever had a single problem with that. I am a pretty diligent shopper so maybe that helps?

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by taylorexpander on Saturday March 03, 2018 @07:53AM (#16509084)

Right, so when you buy things from Amazon you have several options:

1. Items sold by Amazon. 2. Items sold by 3rd parties and fulfilled by Amazon. 3. Items sold by 3rd parties and shipped by 3rd parties.

The problem is that items in their fulfillment centers, (1) and (2) are mixed together. Just because you buy something sold by Amazon doesn’t guarantee that you won’t be sent a counterfeit item that a 3rd party sent to amazon to use for fulfillment.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by awakeasleep on Saturday March 03, 2018 @10:56AM (#16509788)

There is actually a new category of products sold and shipped by third parties that still count as prime shipping somehow.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by leeoniya on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:33AM (#16510024)

we have Prime products that we mfg, sell and ship directly. basically you have to be very diligent about shipping by their cutoff times and use a service that guarantees the delivery date and must generate your shipping labels through amazon so they can track it all. we hooked up our existing ups account and dont have to purchase shipping through amazon. we ship out all orders same day (not just amazon) but it's easy to lose Prime status if you fall behind.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by partisan on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:13AM (#16509152)

Is there a source confirming this?

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by home_boi on Saturday March 03, 2018 @10:48AM (#16509745)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId...

Everything except for topical/consumable items and items with an expiration date can be conmingled.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by partisan on Saturday March 03, 2018 @12:04PM (#16510192)

Thank you for finding that. It's hard to believe they haven't considered the potential issues that arise from this. Or they have considered the issues and found it financially viable to ignore them.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by mannykannot on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:29AM (#16509186)

Was this not exactly the problem with eclipse glasses last summer? People who ordered the real thing were being shipped dangerous knock-offs.

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by wlkr on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:35AM (#16509196)

This article [0] seems pretty comprehensive. I recall there being a thread here on this topic fairly recently but I can't seem to find it now.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/12/13/how-to-p...

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Re:Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a ... by opencl on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:28AM (#16509982)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16498013

Just a few days ago this was on the front page, an article by a small business owner selling their product on Amazon complaining both in the article and the comments that even when a product is in the brand registry they are woefully ineffective about dealing with counterfeits.

This not-Chromecast is a really bad example because it's not actually claiming to be a Chromecast, but I have certainly ordered products on Amazon and received knockoffs before. Inventory comingling makes it basically impossible to ensure you're getting what you order because even if you order from a reputable seller it might come from somebody else entirely.

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