Its all the same, you search for something on Amazon, find it, and buy. Not obvious if it is a 3rd party seller or no. It feels like all the same thing.
You can see on the right side of the screen who the seller is though? It is annoying there isn’t a proper filter but you can kind of use the qualified for free shipping filter to filter out third parties.
As I understand it, if any seller is using Amazon fulfillment centers, the product you’re given is picked out of the same box regardless of the named seller. That makes it impossible to buy confidently from Amazon based on the reputation of the seller, and makes Amazon themselves an unreputable seller.
You can be sure it comes out of an Amazon warehouse. And that’s not the same thing.
Although frankly, it should be. I don’t know how they’ve got this cushy position where they take items from others, store them, and then ship them out for enormous fees without taking on any retailer responsibility.
Yeah, but what I mean is Tesco and Walmart are a convenient stores that everyone knows about, but if I buy an Ali Express quality fire hazard from those, they’d get into trouble for it.
While Amazon will ask you to take it up with UFTNGDNH Ltd, who conveniently can’t be contacted any more, but here’s CVBXDFXE Inc selling the exact same items under a different “brand”.
I got something recently that was “free shipping for prime customers,” but when I had to return it, it turns out that it was different and returns were not free.
Its all the same, you search for something on Amazon, find it, and buy. Not obvious if it is a 3rd party seller or no. It feels like all the same thing.
You can see on the right side of the screen who the seller is though? It is annoying there isn’t a proper filter but you can kind of use the qualified for free shipping filter to filter out third parties.
As I understand it, if any seller is using Amazon fulfillment centers, the product you’re given is picked out of the same box regardless of the named seller. That makes it impossible to buy confidently from Amazon based on the reputation of the seller, and makes Amazon themselves an unreputable seller.
Customers shouldn’t have to be uber careful all the time, these are dark ui patterns.
Caveat emptor
You can. I can. But how many people do, and how many just flick through on their phone and click “Buy now” without really looking?
Basically if you filter by “prime delivery” you’re sure it comes from amazon
You can be sure it comes out of an Amazon warehouse. And that’s not the same thing.
Although frankly, it should be. I don’t know how they’ve got this cushy position where they take items from others, store them, and then ship them out for enormous fees without taking on any retailer responsibility.
By having a convenient website that everybody knows about?
Yeah, but what I mean is Tesco and Walmart are a convenient stores that everyone knows about, but if I buy an Ali Express quality fire hazard from those, they’d get into trouble for it.
While Amazon will ask you to take it up with UFTNGDNH Ltd, who conveniently can’t be contacted any more, but here’s CVBXDFXE Inc selling the exact same items under a different “brand”.
I got something recently that was “free shipping for prime customers,” but when I had to return it, it turns out that it was different and returns were not free.
It does say “sold and shipped from amazon” in the listings, as opposed to “sold by random Chinese company”.