Does "Sold by Amazon US" Mean The Product Is Actually Sold by Amazon?

Curious as to whether anyone has any insights into whether US listed FBA items get advertised on the Australian site as "Sold by Amazon US"

With the Australian site, I know it is clear who is selling, but I have never noticed any products listed on prime international as being sold by anyone other than Amazon US. Further, the product I am looking at in particular: https://www.amazon.com.au/Clinique-Superbalanced-MakeUp-Vani… doesn't really sit right with me.

I can't seem to find this product sold by Amazon US on amazon.com, the description is a bit odd, and most importantly it is a product that is suspectable to counterfeiting. Am I safe buying this from Amazon, or is it possible that this is a 3rd party seller?

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  • I can't speak to that particular item, but here's a quick read about how you can encounter possible fakes, even from the official store. I encountered this term after people posted on Reddit about receiving tampered hardware wallet packaging with pre-generated seed phrases.
    Unless The store has in place a 3rd party seller protection meaning that only that particular store can sell the item on Amazon, comingled inventory is a possibility.
    https://www.redpoints.com/blog/amazon-commingled-inventory-m…

    • My understanding is that Amazon US no longer comingle cosmetics at all because of this issue.

  • +7

    Change the .com.au into .com https://www.amazon.com/Clinique-Superbalanced-MakeUp-Vanilla…

    Ships from Amazon, sold by StarCrossing. "Sold by Amazon" on the au version, maybe Amazon takes full responsibility for the item if it ships to Australia?

    • +2

      Great thanks, confirms my suspicions… though can't help but feel this is misleading from Amazon themselves

      • Is this only with cosmetics? I only buy if its sold by Amazon but didn't know it could be third party using Amazon's name as well!

        • Amazon AU no problems, but this seems like it would be an issue across all Amazon US listings?

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