The great Amazon rip-off

[Jonas]

We all know that sellers list products at a high price on Amazon, but I came across a product price difference of which really shocked me. Spatula!

List price: Rs. 299 (special offer otherwise 599).

Actual price in the market: Rs. 70

Have you come across such listings?

 

[Navjot Singh]

Yep. There are thousands like these. lol

 

[Sushubh]

someone on the forum showed the cost of selling through Amazon. explaining why products that are available for ultra cheap costs so much money on amazon. the cost of selling through amazon is way too high for the seller.

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Yeah this is more of an issue for low priced items. If a seller sells a cable for Rs 250 all he gets after Amazon fees and shipping is Rs 135. When importing in bulk, there would be customs duty, shipping etc. Once you add up all that, unless you do this in large scale, I don't think you can...

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so the best thing to do is shop local for products that are available easily.

 

[pachabhut]

Stick to Cloudtail or Apario Retail sold products. Those are Amazon own companies.

 

[tuckingfypo]

i would like to add few more sellers alongside cloudtail and appario
Amazon retail
darshita electronics(phones)(official launches of OnePlus and amazon exclusives phones)
olympia industries
rocket kommerce(phones)(like darshita it also gets official launches from onplus and other brands)
stpl exclusive online
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