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My Overstock.com order, weird

5 years ago

I ordered 2 sets of fairy lights from Overstock.com about a week or so ago. My package arrived yesterday, in Amazon Prime packaging. Obviously, I figured I had goofed and either ordered them from both companies or ordered from Amazon and not Overstock as I thought.

Nope, I definitely only ordered them from Overstock......anyone have any idea why they would have come packaged like this?

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5 years ago

Most likely the company that has the lights is on both Overstock and Amazon. They just grabbed the wrong box.

I just ordered a small ottoman. The same ottoman, by the same company, was on Amazon, Overstock, Walmart, and Target.

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cooper8828
5 years ago
I ordered something on Amazon once that arrived in a Walmart box. I read that some people make money by selling on Amazon, then ordering and shipping from Walmart.
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murraysmom Zone 6a OH
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nicole___
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I just ordered a pepper grinder from Overstock. The seller had 4 feed backs, none for this product. It said it shipped, even gave a tracking number, a bogus tracking number. It was a seller that collected your money, but sent NOTHING...hoping no claim was filed. (people assume it was stolen off their porch). I did receive a refund.

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Richard (Vero Beach, Florida)
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Solostove.com sells from their own site but also has an Amazon storefront.

A couple orders ago, I ordered from their site (Black Friday BOGO sale) and a day or two later it came in an Amazon box.

I assumed they had let Amazon fulfill the order for them.

Maybe that's what Overstock.com did?
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Sammy
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Drop shipping is a supply chain management method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock but instead transfers the customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer, another retailer, or a wholesaler, who then ships the goods directly to the customer. Wikipedia

This is a deeper dive into running an online dropshipping business: The Ultimate Guide to Dropshipping
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lisaw2015 (ME)
Original Author
5 years ago
But I have ordered from Overstock many, many times.....and have never received my order in an Amazon Prime padded envelope...just odd, thats all. Oh, and the UPS tracking # says from Amazon too.
Adella Bedella
5 years ago
There is apparently an Overstock @ Amazon. I don't know anything about it. I've never ordered from Ebay. It wasn't my thing. I've had pretty good luck with Amazon.

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