Selling used items - does this put my account at risk?
Hi everyone, I am looking at buying a few things from charity shops and ebay to resell on amazon for a bit more as a used item, however, charity shop receipts don't say what I bought, so there is no way I could fight a standard authenticity claim. I asked seller support via e-mail and basically got a ChatGPT response repeating the question over 4 paragraphs.
Does anyone have any experience with used product re-selling (especially proving authenticity)?
Thanks
Selling used items - does this put my account at risk?
Hi everyone, I am looking at buying a few things from charity shops and ebay to resell on amazon for a bit more as a used item, however, charity shop receipts don't say what I bought, so there is no way I could fight a standard authenticity claim. I asked seller support via e-mail and basically got a ChatGPT response repeating the question over 4 paragraphs.
Does anyone have any experience with used product re-selling (especially proving authenticity)?
Thanks
10 replies
Seller_jgNLTPvZEFeYZ
Hello, there is no risk in selling used products, don't worry.
Seller_hOZNPw7G8FIjl
If you are buying things to sell then you are a business and must be registered as such with both Amazon and HMRC.
Seller_ae51e0CJoHqCX
Amazon is not the best place to sell second hand. It is very unforgiving and proving authenticity will be the least of your problems.
If you sell other items and looking at this as an add-on, personally I would be be very reserved on doing it. I sometimes have the odd few bits I could get rid of and just stick them on ebay.
As a buyer, if I am looking for something second hand, I would tend to go on ebay or facebook selling sites.
Seen a lot of sellers having issues with returns and claiming not authentic so not sure it would be worth the hassle. It boils down to risk reward.
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
Retail receipts will not be accepted by Amazon when it comes to proof of authenticity or chain of supply.
They are also not much use when it comes to getting ungated in various categories.
For instance, Amazon has made it impossible to list numerous 'popular' music and DVD items and even many 'popular' books without having multiple recent invoices from 'authorised' wholesalers, even when they are second-hand.
