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This is one side of the equation, the other is people ordering the real thing, repackaging it with fake from aliexpress and returning for full refund. More enterprising folks sign up as Amazon supplier, register for some expensive products, ship real thing once or twice and then start throwing more and more fakes into their shipments, all nicely co-mingled by Amazon.

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Was it not also a thing that if you let Amazon keep your stock as a supplier, customer might get another suppliers item as they were kept together? So if I ordered a book from Amazon from AmazingVendor, Amazon might actually send me an item from ScummyVendor's stock which sold the same book.

Yes, including if the AmazingVendor is Amazon itself.

That only happens when one or more of the 3rd party sellers are part of the "Fullfillment by Amazon" program (FBA). If I was a lawmaker I would make FBA illegal, it is an open door for untraceable counterfeits. I think its the primary reason we are seeing major brands like Nike and Birkenstock walking away from Amazon.

Or just hold Amazon accountable for the products they ship and sell through their website. As a consumer I don't care about the logistics of fulfillment; I went to Amazon.com and paid money to Amazon.com, ergo I bought it from Amazon.com and they should be accountable.

Then let Amazon sort it out with their suppliers if they're receiving counterfeit goods from them. If Walmart was receiving counterfeit goods from supplier for their stores, they would probably cut ties with those suppliers.

This problem exists because Amazon is not being held accountable for what they sell to consumers.

Yes. Which is why I never order food items from Amazon. It's a common tactic for people to buy items close to expiring at a discount, turn around and do FBA. It gets comingled w/ items sold by sellers who source the products legitimately.

> ... the other is people ordering the real thing, repackaging it with fake from aliexpress and returning for full refund.

Can't you do this to a retailer?

> More enterprising folks sign up as Amazon supplier, register for some expensive products, ship real thing once or twice and then start throwing more and more fakes into their shipments, all nicely co-mingled by Amazon

Seems like a fast track to getting your account suspended. Why compromise a profitable business to basically skim off the top?

Other retailers usually pay better wages and care at least a little about the returns. They catch on $370000 quicker https://www.newsweek.com/22-year-old-allegedly-scammed-amazo...

Selling fakes is not skimming off the top, you get at least 1000% margins and Amazon doesnt seem to care all that much as evidenced by above link.

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