Re: Listing Walmart products on Amazon
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Originally Posted by agent006140
(Post 1201289)
He said he will go to WMT,buy the goods,come home and package it his way with his return address and ship it to you,nothing wrong with that,if he is willing to do the work.
Retail arbitrage definition is taking customer money and ask another Retailer to ship the item to your customer.
| Wrong.
It is still retail arbitrage if you hold no stock, make a sale on Amazon and then go down to the retail store and pay retail price for it. The clue is in the name - 'arbitrage', taking advantage of differing marketplace prices, 'retail', using retail stores to purchase at retail price. How it gets to the secondary owner is of no consequence.
If Amazon ask for a suppliers invoice you are stuffed because all you have is a retailers receipt.
There's also the question of if the goods are truly 'new', given the Amazon buyer is not the first owner and whether any warranty would be valid - again, some only apply to first owner and even require proof of purchase if you register online or make a claim.
Anyway, if Amazon discover/suspect you hold no stock and are buying goods from retail stores to fulfil sales you've already made then it matters not whether you ship it or the store does, you're getting suspended. | 
