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3rd party items received from Amazon
Why does eBay keep permitting sellers to resell items from Amazon? If I wanted to buy from Amazon I could have and paid less.
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eburtonlab
Mentor2 years agoeBay has rules about "drop-shipping", and placing a retail order to have shipped to an eBay buyer is not allowed by eBay, though that does not mean that some people don't try it.
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/posting-items/setting-postage-options/drop-shipping?id=4176
Note that some sellers may be using Fulfillment by Amazon to deliver items they already own stored in Amazon warehouses; those sellers are not violating eBay or Amazon policy by selling on eBay.
The folks that are violating eBay policy by engaging in retail arbitrage are not likely to cooperate by voluntarily advertising that they are doing so.
Even if all the legitimate sellers that use Fulfillment By Amazon to ship items they already own cooperate and indicate that in their listings, buyers that want to avoid getting deliveries from Amazon will still need to take some active steps to ensure that they are not purchasing from other sellers that use Amazon to deliver their items. This will be the case regardless of whatever policy eBay implements, since sellers that are already choosing to violate one policy will not think twice about violating another.
Signs that a seller may be drop-shipping items from a retail site such as Amazon:
Examining seller feedback closely can often provide indications of that, as can noticing certain aspects of the seller's items for sale -- such as a limited assortment of multiple quantity listings that appear to have been copied at random from a catalog or other site, use of stock images, and free shipping of bulky items where it is not likely that an individual could pay for postage and still make money on the sale.
disneyshopper
Mentor2 years agoSome sellers sell on both Amazon and ebay, and have the inventory kept at an Amazon warehouse. If the package included a Gift receipt, then the seller is using his Prime account to purchase and have the item sent to you, which is NOT okay with both ebay and Amazon. Leave calm/factual feedback.