Buy from eBay - Receive from Amazon?

[athenaslegacy]

eBay sincerely needs to update the policies. I do not buy from Amazon. Yet I've gotten several eBay purchased items that are sent in Amazon boxes with that little "gift note". 

I contact and ask if their a craptastic Amazon fulfillment seller and what delivery carrier they use. Many won't disclose either. 

eBay needs to force these Amazon fulfillment sellers to fully disclose they're doing this AND disclose exactly what delivery carrier. Amazon Logistics simply plops my packages at a locked gate on a very busy road. That's unacceptable. There's no way to track packages with them. And, when it finally shows me it's been delivered, it's many hours to a day later. It's **bleep** and it needs to change.

*this is not a case of buyers remorse over pricing. This is about being decent humans and honesty. I loathe being lied to.

[chinohighcowboys1963]

It's called dropshipping, and eBay is OK with it.  Sellers are never obligated to reveal their sources for obtaining items to sell.

[dabunk2000]

If your packages contain a gift note seller is violating Amazon Prime rules. Report them to Amazon and they get the boot from there.

[hyperrush]

Your seller is a drop shipper.

[soh.maryl]

No.  The OP's seller is using Amazon as a drop shipper.  Subtle difference.

[pburn]

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@athenaslegacy wrote:

 I do not buy from Amazon.

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You didn't buy the item from Amazon. You bought it from an eBay seller. So, whatever your objection to Amazon is, your conscience is still clear.

[mg152]

Actually it is not ok anymore. Not the way the seller seems to be doing it. You cannot list an item on eBay then buy it on amazon anymore per trinton

[mg152]

Report the sellers to amazon and eBay. This type of dropship is no longer allowed. FBA is allowed but selling items then buying them off amazon is not

[quiltgeek]

A Fulfillment Service is NOT drop shipping. A seller that uses the Amazon fulfillment service is NOT buying goods in Amazon Prime.

The service is a warehouse where the seller sends their goods to be stored. This is a great deal for sellers that buy very large lots from real wholesalers and have no personal space to store pallets of goods and no time to keep track of what's stored where.

When the seller gets a sale, they notify the Fulfillment Service to find the item, pack it and ship it to the address the seller sends them. The Amazon fulfillment service does exactly that - find the item, pack it and ship it. Since it's an Amazon company, they use Amazon branded packaging and, apparently, an Amazon delivery service.