On 1/7/2017 10:57 AM, Jack wrote:




Not everything purchased through Amazon is supplied or sold by Amazon.

Amazon sells it for someone else. Some is stocked by Amazon, some is
not. It is all sold via Amazon.

There are thousands of retailers selling their goods on Amazon and they
ship direct from their stores, and they have all different prices and
many are not even in the ball park of being competitively priced.

Yes, same as Walmart. I bought my earphones via Walmart but they were
sold by someone else. In other words, Walmart has figured it out, Sears
has not, and Amazon best watch their butt, or will be toast, just like
Sears. If Amazon lets their retailers sell stuff at twice the price
Walmart retailers charge, what do you think will happen?

I once bought a lathe chuck from Amazon, when it came, it was in a
Harbor Freight box and had the Harbor Freight number on it. I stuck the
number in at HF site and up popped the exact same item for 30% less.
Made me chuckle as it was still cheap, but smart dude figured out to
list the item on Amazon and buy them at HF. He probably just ordered
from HF and had it sent to me, don't recall, but shows it pays not to
trust Amazon, not something a retailer should promote.


My wife wanted something from Wayfair. Price looked OK, but i checked
Amazon. It was $20 less and shipped from Wayfair.