Amazon Drop Shippers

[slpentico]

is anyone else repulsed by the people selling here on eBay that relist amazon items at a markup and have amazon ship the item to buyers? I recently ordered an item on eBay that arrived from Amazon. curious I checked amazon and realized I paid $26 more than amazon was asking. In my opinion these sellers are lazy and do nothing to uphold or improve eBay's reputation. I'm a seller and I work hard to source items that I can sell at a fair price and make a fair profit. 

[coolections]

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@slpentico wrote:

I paid $26 more than amazon was asking. 

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Sorry for your mistake. Always compare prices before a purchase.

[coolections]

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@slpentico wrote:

What Amazon was sending was a newer firmware and not downgradable… so I turned to eBay … it’s just frustrating.

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Sound like a whole lot of excuses. You got what you paid for and trying to justify it, but you already said it was the only place available, so you went ahead and ordered.

[coolections]

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@albertabrightalberta wrote:

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Since you bought it from ebay and didn't come with the same firmware as advertised, .

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@albertabrightalberta 

I read it as the Amazon one the OP had to return, the Ebay one was the one they needed. No return needed except the price was higher than the OP wanted to pay. Using the prime as an excuse.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@coolections wrote:

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@albertabrightalberta wrote:

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Since you bought it from ebay and didn't come with the same firmware as advertised, .

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@albertabrightalberta 

I read it as the Amazon one the OP had to return, the Ebay one was the one they needed. No return needed except the price was higher than the OP wanted to pay. Using the prime as an excuse.

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If that's the case, I misunderstood. 

As I understood and as @slpentico stated In post  27,  "I originally purchased from Amazon and went through two devices trying to get one with the older firmware. What Amazon was sending was a newer firmware and not downgradable… so I turned to eBay and was ok paying a little more to get what I needed… not paying a little more for someone to have Amazon send me yet another device with the wrong firmware… it’s just frustrating." 

In am reading (the red highlighted part) to say that the OP was okay with paying more on ebay because he expected the software (firmware) he wanted but ultimately got the same wrong software (sent from Amazon) as he got when he bought directly from Amazon.

[krrobrock]

Fully agree. I cannot believe this is within ebay terms. These people add ZERO value, in fact they subtract value.

I did cross-reference amazon on my most recent purchase, and here's my issue: the item pictured on amazon what not consistently what was actually shipped by the amazon seller, as evident by the reviews. So I was specifically willing to pay more from a small eBayer thinking that I had a better chance of receiving what was actually shown, as well as to try to spend money elsewhere, not just via amazon. Small eBayer does not sell enough to have reviews on an item-by-item basis, so it's a leap of faith. It is very frustrating to then receive an amazon prime shipment with the item that you were specifically trying to avoid. Then to look at all the other items the eBayer is selling, only to find that they are just amazon items resisted at 50-100% markup. Ugh!

When you buy on Walmart.com it will tell you where the item is fulfilled from, so at least you have a choice.

[eburtonlab]

I cannot believe this is within ebay terms.

eBay makes a distinction between drop-shipping from a wholesaler where goods are already under contract when an eBay sale takes place (allowed), a seller using Fulfillment By Amazon to deliver the seller's own goods stored at an Amazon warehouse (allowed), and the case where a seller lists an item on eBay and once that item is purchased on eBay the seller only then purchases the item from a retailer and has the item delivered by the retailer directly to the eBay buyer (not allowed).

That last case is often referred to as "Retail Arbitrage" to distinguish it from allowed wholesale drop-shipping.

When an eBay buyer receives an Amazon package with a gift receipt, that would seem to be an example of disallowed retail arbitrage, as well as a likely violation of the seller's Amazon Prime account (assuming that a personal Prime account was used to place the order).

From Amazon Prime terms & conditions:

eBay's policy regarding drop shipping:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/posting-items/setting-postage-options/drop-shipping?id=4176

[simba6]

That is why buyers should always check prices in many different venues before deciding to purchase.  No single venue will always have the best deals on every item.   You can get great buys or, your clock cleaned. Far too many buyers check prices only after they made the purchase.

[gatormicro]

The main issue I have as a buyer with Amazon shippers is: Amazon uses independent sub-contractors to deliver your items. Which is less reliable than say an established delivery service like USPS, UPS, or  FEDEX. Since ebay is not shipping your item, your shipping address has to be transposed to Amazon, somtimes  resulting in incorrect data for delivery. The result is poorly packaged items and items not delivered unless you are Lucky. "So, are you feeling Lucky?" to quote Dirty Harry.

[isaiah53-57]

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@slpentico wrote:

is anyone else repulsed by the people selling here on eBay that relist amazon items at a markup and have amazon ship the item to buyers? I recently ordered an item on eBay that arrived from Amazon. curious I checked amazon and realized I paid $26 more than amazon was asking. In my opinion these sellers are lazy and do nothing to uphold or improve eBay's reputation. I'm a seller and I work hard to source items that I can sell at a fair price and make a fair profit. 

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Well considering how ebay touts its organic sales, I can see how sellers can easily drop ship here for a profit - I say its completely a buyer fault and problem if they fall into this trap - These contemptible sellers , as you depict them, who work smarter, not harder, would not be able to do this if not for the naivete of your typical ebay buyer. I have not purchased a NEW item on ebay for close to the past 10 years as I can literally always find it cheaper elsewhere - I blame that on the sites short-sighted revenue generation strategies mired in higher fees and as the take rate increases its only going to get worse...the word is out... guess it hadn't got to you yet...

[kh-stanley1]

Hi everyone,

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Thank you for understanding.