“Ordering an Apple product from Amazon? You may want to double check its authenticity. According to a new lawsuit from the iEmpire, a whopping 90 percent of the products sold by Amazon and purporting to be genuine Apple products are anything but.” …
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/think-buying-real-apple-product-221357906.html
I almost bought my iphone 6S last week from Amazon because the price was almost $100 better than at the store and the description stated it was new, not reconditioned. Then I read some of the reviews and found out most people were NOT happy with the iphones they had received via amazon. A common complaint was that their “new” phone had scratches, were not in original packing but just in the box, and things just didn’t seem right. So bit the bullet (and dodged a bullet - kinda weird eh?) and bought my phone at the Apple Store and not sorry…
I’d just like to buy some Apple style lower price earbuds on Amazon and have them not break in a few weeks!
To sell “new” Apple products on Amazon, you have to be an authorized dealer. The seller blogs are rife with complaints about fraudulent vendors and having to prove to the big A that one really is legit.
Edited my original post: this is “Fulfilled by Amazon.” Meaning A stocks and ships.
Yes. There is a BIG difference between sold by Amazon and fulfilled by Amazon. Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances with the latter.
Can you explain to me the difference between Sold by Amazon and Fulfilled by Amazon? Thank you
Sold by Amazon means they own the item in stock. They provide and keep track of the inventory stock. Fufilled by Amazon means a 3rd party company puts their inventory in an Amazon fulfillment center. Amazon takes care of the filling the orders and packing/shipping, but they do not control the inventory.
as they said, on Amazon there is stuff sold by Amazon, and backed by them, and other stuff sold in their ‘marketplace’. Ever notice when you look up an item on Amazon, they will have the product up there with a price, then will have “new and used from X?”. If the main ad is Amazon , if they carry it, often you will see other sellers selling the product…
Unless you know the vendor, you are taking your chances, Amazon is much like Ali Babba in that there are dicey operators on there, kind of like on E-bay as well. I have bought more than a bit of stuff from Amazon and from the marketplace, and I have never had a bogus item that Amazon itself sells. One thing to note is that Amazon doesn’t back the stuff sold by third parties, if you run into a problem they may or may not help you try and get it resolved with the third party.
Thank you for the explanation
I’ve done FBA and seller-shipped orders and had no issues. That said, I’m fierce about reading reviews. With FBA, you return directly to Amazon,which processes the credit. If you follow the seller blogs, A usually slants complaints toward the buyer. But myriad issues occur with electronics, with some fraudulent buyers returning imitations (not the legit pieces they received) or claiming packages not received, for the credit. Apple’s not the only company with a hellfire about protecting copyrights.
Has anyone noticed that Amazon has been making their reviews less and less useful? There are lots of products that are being given out by the dozens at a discount in exchange for an “unbiased” review, which is impossible. Over 90% of those “unbiased” reviews are 5 stars. And now they have started weighting the reviews so that the “unbiased” reviews carry more weight.