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Being sold through the CeraVe Amazon store doesn't mean it's genuine

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The poster pointed out in a comment that this was listed as “Sold By” a random 3rd party seller called “Ramwest”. Amazon’s interface doesn’t make it easy to see this, but if you’re worried about the products you’re buying, always check for this info in the “buy box”.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/17ot0pl/...

Even that can still be annoying to check unless it's sold by amazon, I've seen several manufacturors point to amazon listings sold by "company name", but I've also seen some cases where some 3rd party seller listed their company name as "company name USA" that weren't where people were getting counterfeit.

I've pretty much stopped buying health products from amazon, as even buying "sold by amazon" they'll mix in 3rd party sellers products and you're at the mercy of luck on getting the real deal.

Amazon's co-mingled inventory really does mean you have no idea who you're getting a product from. It could be sold from Amazon in your order, and you can still get a knock-off because they're mixed in with the genuine products.

Detailed photos and discussion of counterfeit skincare products being sold on Amazon direct from brand's storefront. Confirmed with CVS to be fake goods.

Some discussion on whether or not skincare products are still comingled inventory, seems to be confusion on whether or not they are.

AMZN makes Dollar General look like Nordstrom’s. Might as well shop at Temu because the price is right there.

I have genuinely had more luck finding cheaper and better quality deals on Temu and AliExpress than Amazon over the last couple years.

Cancelling Prime and signing up for Target same day delivery was the best decision I ever made.

> AMZN makes Dollar General look like Nordstrom’s.

I am familiar with all of these but I’m confused as to what point you are trying to convey. Mind helping me out?

Normal stores have product listings that make sense. Go complain about “word salad” product listings and AMZN tells you they only want to hear about it if you bought the item.

I’ve got little fear that Nike shoes at Dick’s sporting goods are really from Nike. I am always hearing about people buying something from AMZN which wasn’t what was described. And because of product co-mingling it even happens when you are buying from a “trusted” store.

Thus I’ve come to the conclusion that AMZN is the last place I want to buy anything. It doesn’t help that in my ZIP code it seems AMZN is 3 days slower from “normal” retailers like Best Buy, Target, B&H photo, etc. Last Sukkot I got a lens shipped quicker from a famous camera store in NYC even though they were closed the day I ordered.

You can see in later comments from the original poster that it was not bought from the brand store front. It was bought from a third party seller called "Ramwest"

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The “brand store” is misleading. You can absolutely go to the brand store, click on an item, and be presented with a random seller. It has happened to me frequently. You still have to check and choose the seller.

Do you have an example? What I have seen is that you can go to the brand store, click a product which will take you to a page that has the brand's product. It can have third party sellers in the right column, but they won't be selected by default.

Sure!

Go to that same CeraVe brand store, click on Face Moisturizers, scroll to the bottom to find “CeraVe Anti Aging Face Cream with SPF” and click on that. For me (right now) the default shipper and seller is a third party called “Justsomedeals”.

What makes the whole Amazon experience even worse is that they've (in the last few months, even) removed the ability to filter by seller, making it practically impossible to buy only items sold and shipped by Amazon.

Amazon wants to be AliExpress. They've removed the filter as an initial step towards slowly eliminating themselves as seller and shipper.

that doesn't really make a whole lot of sense considering how much they've invested recently in scaling up their shipping operations.

I doubt it. I personally choose amazon.com as the seller, even if they are more expensive.

Not that it matters anyways. Amazon mixes their inventory with 3rd parties for the "same item." They intentionally (accidentally?) mix the fakes in with the real stuff.

Amazon is seriously the worst online retailer. If it were not for the fact that it's hard to find some items elsewhere I'd never use it. No property taxonomy for items means the experience of looking for things is akin to digging though an undifferentiated dumpster full of shit. Even when they seemingly offer some sort of category browsing experience, all they really do is shit a category word into the search box and that's that. It's really a terrible product from a UX standpoint, no matter how much money they make from it.

It’s simply. Use a dedicated Amazon account for shopping. Use a credit card when you shop. If Amazon ever denies your claim, chargeback and create a new account.

Amazon will end up on the hook.

Don’t try and fight the system, use it.

They block accounts to the same address. To the point that people move in after the fact and can’t buy from Amazon.

Never buy anything from Amazon. I have been doing this for 2 years. It feels great.

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