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I was under the impression that all widgets are equal in Amazon's inventory and logistics system, so items from all FBA sellers and Amazon itself are intermixed. That is, buying from Amazon or a specific seller is no guarantee of a genuine product. Is this not the case?

(This is worse than eBay, since you can't even choose your supplier by reputation.)

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This isn't correct. There are "comingled" and "non comingled". Sellers pay more for the latter.

Also, there's FBA and non-FBA.

Better distinction on the buyer side would go a long way

Of course, Amazon doesn't want any 1 seller becoming too poplular because that means they can stop competing on price.

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