KubotainNH
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Yep, happened to my wife this way. Ordered on Amazon but didn't notice it was a seller not Amazon themselves. It shipped directly from Walmart who was selling it quite a bit cheaper. She won't do that again.
Amazon or eBay? Doesn't matter...
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Yep, happened to my wife this way. Ordered on Amazon but didn't notice it was a seller not Amazon themselves. It shipped directly from Walmart who was selling it quite a bit cheaper. She won't do that again.
TheMan419
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Yeah I have the walmart app on my phone now too. So I check both. Have to account for differences in shipping costs though as well. Filters I use for the water at the house are quite a bit cheaper on Walmart if you order enough to qualify for free shipping. So I get them 6 at a time.
Diggin It
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There are a couple of possibilities.
1. Some sellers use what's called Fulfilled By Amazon. They ship a quantity of product to AMZ for warehousing. They take orders on various marketplace sites and then submit the information to the AMZ FBA system which pulls and ships the items.
2. Less honorable sellers will take orders from marketplace sites, then use their AMZ Prime account to place the order and have it shipped 'free'. You can usually tell these by the 'Gift Receipt' included in the box. This is a violation of the Terms Of Service of both sites and offenders can lose their Prime account if caught. They can also be suspended from eBay.
1. Some sellers use what's called Fulfilled By Amazon. They ship a quantity of product to AMZ for warehousing. They take orders on various marketplace sites and then submit the information to the AMZ FBA system which pulls and ships the items.
2. Less honorable sellers will take orders from marketplace sites, then use their AMZ Prime account to place the order and have it shipped 'free'. You can usually tell these by the 'Gift Receipt' included in the box. This is a violation of the Terms Of Service of both sites and offenders can lose their Prime account if caught. They can also be suspended from eBay.
Diggin It
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They may have distributor contracts. Or they may have some kind of rewards points or Gift Cards they can't cash out. You give them the 'cash', they use the points to 'buy' the item.
kc5dlo
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I rarely use Amazon simply because They have warehouses locally and therefore have to charge me state sales tax on everything. Going thru Ebay usually saves me the tax. The last few months I have got several shipments that were purchased thru Ebay and shipped and delivered by Amazon. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a power cable for my new Mobley on a Saturday from Ebay and Amazon delivered it on Sunday.
Diggin It
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^^ We all know that we're supposed to report and pay the tax at the end of the year, right?
Also, all marketplace sites are beginning to add ST, though it may take a while to roll out across the country.
Also, all marketplace sites are beginning to add ST, though it may take a while to roll out across the country.
When I did my taxes last year I quipped to my accountant that I was probably the only person in the state who actually declared taxes on sales from out of state; She said no. CPA's pay it also.
It's pretty hard to write something like my logging winch off when you aren't declaring it on your sales tax form.
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I have had some ebay purchases delivered in Amazon packaging. Ebay sellers will almost always ship within a couple of days. Amazon will delay shipping to non-prime customers for a week or longer.
I bought a cooler last year and the seller had it drop shipped from Walmart. I looked it up at Walmart before I went to ebay looking and the guy lost money on it unless they offer some kind of third party deal I haven't heard about.
I have tried o start checking Walmart first but most of my online buying is on ebay. I do get some car parts from Rock Auto.
I rarely buy through Amazon any more. I did get a bucket of anti wear coating last year that they mis priced about $300 cheap. They actually shipped that faster than most tings I've bought from them. It came with a packing slip to them for $200 over what I paid.
I went back a day later to order another bucket and they had the price corrected.
I bought a cooler last year and the seller had it drop shipped from Walmart. I looked it up at Walmart before I went to ebay looking and the guy lost money on it unless they offer some kind of third party deal I haven't heard about.
I have tried o start checking Walmart first but most of my online buying is on ebay. I do get some car parts from Rock Auto.
I rarely buy through Amazon any more. I did get a bucket of anti wear coating last year that they mis priced about $300 cheap. They actually shipped that faster than most tings I've bought from them. It came with a packing slip to them for $200 over what I paid.
I went back a day later to order another bucket and they had the price corrected.
Diggin It
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They don't really delay as such in some form of penalty or incentive to subscribe. They don't really say what their practices are, but there is a theory that they 'fill a truck' with orders before it leaves the dock. If your order happens to be the first one in an empty truck, it might be a few days before it leaves. If your package happens to be the last one into a full truck, it might leave the same or next day.
There is also the triangulation thing. You pay the guy with your good money, but he pays the retailer with a stolen credit card or hacked bank account. You get your item, he gets your money, the retailer files with their bank who may or may not credit them. We all pay in the end in the form of higher prices and bank rates.
