and alibaba/aliexpress. the only benefit you're getting when you buy through amazon is the easy return policy. when you receive chinese garbage from amazon, it's a shitload easier to return than sending chinese garbage back to china and hoping you get your money back.
You don't need original packaging. Just put it in a box and send it back. You can probably still do it now. Just go on your orders page and return it. You have to fill something out online and print it though so go through their actual steps but its pretty easy. Do that, then fuck Amazon.
Even the return policy is a joke. The last item I ordered from Amazon (before I dropped them forever) actually shipped from China. The item I received wasn't what I ordered, so I filed for a return. Despite trying to escalate the case, Amazon wouldn't provide a prepaid label for this seller, and the return shipping cost more than the item itself.
Yeah, what happens is that the seller will buy from Wish.com/AliExpress and then have it shipped directly to the buyer, never even seeing the product. Saves on warehouse costs etc.
It's a good way to make money if you get the search positioning on Amazon and don't care about selling people shit. The way it works with returns is they return to the original seller in China and get their money back as well.
Personally I still stick to my Duracell powerbank I bought back home. It works decently enough and it's been with me everywhere.
and alibaba/aliexpress. the only benefit you're getting when you buy through amazon is the easy return policy. when you receive chinese garbage from amazon, it's a shitload easier to return than sending chinese garbage back to china and hoping you get your money back.
You don't need original packaging. Just put it in a box and send it back. You can probably still do it now. Just go on your orders page and return it. You have to fill something out online and print it though so go through their actual steps but its pretty easy. Do that, then fuck Amazon.
Even the return policy is a joke. The last item I ordered from Amazon (before I dropped them forever) actually shipped from China. The item I received wasn't what I ordered, so I filed for a return. Despite trying to escalate the case, Amazon wouldn't provide a prepaid label for this seller, and the return shipping cost more than the item itself.
that's because you bought from a direct dropshipper, not one of the ones who orders units to be stored at amazon warehouses.
Yeah, what happens is that the seller will buy from Wish.com/AliExpress and then have it shipped directly to the buyer, never even seeing the product. Saves on warehouse costs etc.
It's a good way to make money if you get the search positioning on Amazon and don't care about selling people shit. The way it works with returns is they return to the original seller in China and get their money back as well.
Personally I still stick to my Duracell powerbank I bought back home. It works decently enough and it's been with me everywhere.
some of them do the direct dropshipping like that. others have it shipped to warehouse and then it's eligible for prime and sells better.