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 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.
egrets@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
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?
northernlights@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
Basically if you filter by “prime delivery” you’re sure it comes amazon
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
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.
northernlights@lemmy.today 54 minutes ago
By having a convenient website that everybody knows about?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 minute ago
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”.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
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.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Customers shouldn’t have to be uber careful all the time, these are dark ui patterns.