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Re:Amazon is bypassing supply chain chaos with chartered shi... by rootusrootus on Sunday December 05, 2021 @03:00PM (#29452530)
My wife just had exactly the opposite experience. She ordered something from Amazon and it came in a Walmart box, directly from Walmart with no mention of the Amazon seller on the shipping label.

Against Amazon's rules, for sure.

Interestingly, the price was lower on Walmart.com but my wife had not checked first. But it was only $2.50 less. I have no idea how that worked out as profitable for the 'drop shipper' (in quotes because this kind of drop shipping is IMO not legitimate).

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Re:Amazon is bypassing supply chain chaos with chartered shi... by post_from_work on Sunday December 05, 2021 @07:57PM (#29454987)
I knew a guy a few years ago who was dropshipping like this, making ~$4k/month as a side hustle. He had a couple employees in the Philippines handling the ordering. Basically using Amazon FBA to leverage Amazon's UI/UX to sell people stuff at Wal-Mart prices.
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