Buying bankrupt stock
I was chatting to a supplier today who refuse to sell to Amazon directly.
However Amazon constantly manage to get hold of their stock and it causes them a lot of frustration.
They believe that Amazon have bought stock from one of their customers that has gone bust.
Has anyone heard of this happening? I am surprised, especially when you consider how hot they are on proving the supply chain. Maybe those rules only apply to third party sellers.
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While it is certainly possible it seems unlikely they would have purchasers doing this. Buying bankrupt stock is not a repeatable process, it needs sorting and processing, even purchasing it each time is a one-off and I just don’t see Amazon dedicating the resource to do it.
It is far more likely - if at all - that it would be a 3rd party merchant doing it than Amazon themselves.
Seller_7VbclcPFFRTnc
amazon are presumably one of the companies who take stock that is disposed of by sellers – it is stated that disposed of is not actually binned, its resold
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
And do be aware, that though they may tell you that they refuse to sell to Amazon directly, if the supplier is big enough, then there could well be another dept in the company doing just that and whoever you are speaking to, just doesn’t know. Along with the fact that companies don’t always tell you the truth!
Seller_lljyzgTxr5fgI
That’s life !
Tesco bought the brand name of Paperchase yesterday, just minutes after it went into administration (again). They only want the brand name and the stock and then this will reappear in Tesco stores as Paperchase again.
Correct. When you make the rules to your own game, on your own playing field, you can do as you feel fit.
