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Re: Amazon Prime: since when items ship from 3rd party vendors? - space-time - 12-31-2016
$tevie wrote:
I kind of wish the OP had had a link. I can't find that product, based on the info in the photo. The ones I am finding either are not offering Prime, or do offer Prime and say it will arrive in two days. I cannot find one that is offering Prime but saying it will take five days...
BTW, any time I buy from a third party seller that offers Prime, I get it in two days.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A20VOPI/
Re: Amazon Prime: since when items ship from 3rd party vendors? - Bimwad - 12-31-2016
Carnos Jax wrote:
Space....Amazon has been offering certain sellers (that meet certain metrics I would guess) the ability to offer seller fulfilled Prime. They extended this offer to me recently.
I'm curious as to what happens to sellers who don't fulfill. Do they deduct the cost of 1/12th of the Prime fee in buyers' compensation, or just ban then altogether?
The company has shown itself to be cold and merciless in how it treats its employees and contractors. And they don't even try hard to spin it when ugly truths emerge.
Re: Amazon Prime: since when items ship from 3rd party vendors? - ztirffritz - 01-01-2017
Amazon will actually warehouse other vendors' wares and conduct the sale, pick, package and ship the item. The vendor gets most of the profit but Amazon gets a slice too.
Re: Amazon Prime: since when items ship from 3rd party vendors? - Carnos Jax - 01-01-2017
What zitrffritz said.
Re: Amazon Prime: since when items ship from 3rd party vendors? - TheToddler - 01-01-2017
Anything promised in two days comes in two days; if it doesn't, an email gets you an extra month of Prime.
Re: Amazon Prime: since when items ship from 3rd party vendors? - Bimwad - 01-02-2017
ztirffritz wrote:
Amazon will actually warehouse other vendors' wares and conduct the sale, pick, package and ship the item. The vendor gets most of the profit but Amazon gets a slice too.
That describes the familiar "Fulfilled by Amazon" listing.
What the OP presents appears to be a situation where the seller ships the goods, and they are never handled by Amazon at all, and the onus is on the seller to facilitate the two-day delivery.
If Simplehuman doesn't get space-time his soap dispenser by Jan 5th, does Bezos come and personally bitch slap them? I'd imagine a smaller vendor would just get flicked if they dare to tarnish the Prime brand.
Only Amazon themselves are allowed to do that.