On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:11:15 +0000 (UTC), Justin wrote:

> tycho wrote on [Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:27:12 -0500]:
>>
>> "Justin" <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in message
>> news:jucci0$vg8$1@dont-email.me...
>>> tycho wrote on [Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:06:28 -0500]:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I have purchased brand-new-in-box Verizon phones from Newegg, Amazon, and
>>>> many small e-tailers (Meritline; Ice Monkey) and "one deal a day" sites.
>>>> Last year I bought Palm Pixi Pluses for myself and my S.O., and they
>>>> arrived
>>>> pretty much the same way they would arrive from Verizon. Pricing runs
>>>> from
>>>> about $50 to less than $40. Just this week I bought a N.I.B Palm Pre 2
>>>> for
>>>> Verizon from Amazon for $70.
>>>
>>> From Amazon or from an amazon reseller ?
>>
>> In one instance, last year, from Amazon directly.
>>
>> This week, from a "seller on Amazon" ("Amazon reseller" sounds incorrect --
>> such an entity would by definition be selling Amazon products/services,
>> yes?) that was "Fulfilled by Amazon."
>
> On consignment at AMazon?

Amazon MarketPlace Vendors have to option to ship all their stock to Amazon
for warehousing and, when called for, shipping to customers. When they sell
such an item, its shipping becomes an Amazon Warehouse event, the vendors
needn't bother their pretty little heads about it.

That's "Fulfillment by Amazon", ak (on the river) a "FBA".

HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
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