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Re:Amazon third-party sellers reportedly hound customers who... by Rebelgecko on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:38AM (#28112804)
I've seen a pretty common scam where items are sold for "too good to be true" prices, only to be cancelled a few days later. I assume this is to harvest people's contact info
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Re:Amazon third-party sellers reportedly hound customers who... by second--shift on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:18PM (#28119542)
Aha - that's what this is. I keep wondering why many sub-20$ items on eBay keep getting cancelled on me. The equivalent item on Amazon is usually 20-25$ (but doesn't quality for free tier shipping on its own) so I shop eBay for same - half the time or more recently it's either a) a drop-ship from Amazon even in its box/packaging, or b) cancelled as 'buyer requested cancel'. I knew it was a scam but I didn't know what for.

Good thing I ship to a PO box and use a generic C/O name.

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