https://www.kgw.com/article/news/eclipse/amazon-eclipse-glas...
Amazon does not track things 100%, so you may think you're buying from one seller, and you are actually getting something from a different seller. That should be illegal and actionable by consumers as well as sellers, with more than just a refund.
Thus ratings are useful, as are reviews.
What you're proposing with somebody buying a bulk order and divvying it up is basically describing what the existing retailers do. The reputable ones are worrying about their reputations.
Retailers that aren't big enough to do this themselves go through suppliers, who in turn handle breaking a bulk order down into units to sell to smaller retailers. Those suppliers are worried about their reputations too, you just don't see that because you largely don't see them.
(Edited to clarify)
Isn't eBay basically a social media profile? Facebook selling groups are also scam hotbeds, I don't see how that works any better.
If they have videos on instagram and do a live demo and walk through and you can see who their real friends are, then you can probably trust them as much as currently possible.
Lorddddd I am holding back laughter right now. Ebay is the original defintion of online scamming and counterfeiting.
The real way to do this would be for someone to buy a bulk order from the manufacturer, import it, and then sell it piecemeal with a social media profile that demonstrates legitness and quality of product.
Ebay's fees and lack of quality control add negative value to this transaction.
Of course one wonders why in 2019 the manufacturer doesn't sell direct to consumer