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Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're... by Gauc2 on Monday July 30, 2018 @06:43PM (#17648840)
>BTW, because of the way Amazon’s FBA service works, even ordering items that are “sold by” a reputable retailer but “fulfilled by Amazon” gets you a high chance of receiving a fake. This is because they mix FBA stock and don’t discriminate what stock it comes from when filling that item, regardless of who the seller is.

Is this also true with items sold directly by Amazon?

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Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're... by exolymph on Monday July 30, 2018 @07:03PM (#17648989)
Yes. They commingle all the inventory.
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Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're... by bootlooped on Monday July 30, 2018 @08:39PM (#17649608)
Not true. Sellers can prevent comingling inventory by creating their listing with a unique FNSKU. This doesn't prevent the product from being sold on the same ASIN. If sellers can do that then Amazon can absolutely do that.
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Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're... by lurker456 on Monday July 30, 2018 @08:54PM (#17649688)
They could, but they don't. Why is a bit of a mystery because in the long run this is destructive and it can't be that profitable.
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Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're... by caro_douglos on Monday July 30, 2018 @11:30PM (#17650326)
If you sell anything on Amazon and get items back from FBA before they hike up prices near the holidays you will see items returned which were not what you shipped...books for example.
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