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Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations by r00fus on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:08PM (#27268452)
It's quite different. At least with JIT sourcing, you know that a vendor has a given approved source(s) given an effective date. Everything is traceable.

With FBA, you could have gotten counterfeit goods or a return from another customer where they've sent only the box and something that weighs the same (or a broken item). Amazon throws away the receipts (it'd be a nightmare to handle so they just... don't).

Why is Amazon not on the hook for this?

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Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations by AnssiH on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:57PM (#27283262)
> Amazon throws away the receipts (it'd be a nightmare to handle so they just... don't).

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Amazon does keep track on where a given unit came from so that it is traceable to the original source, and at least in Europe invoices are issued for the inventory supplies between the sellers (these are documented at https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gp/help/help-page.ht... - may not be public).

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