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Ordered something from eBay because it was cheaper than Amazon as it was £16 or so with free P&P (and I don't have Prime so would have had to have paid £4.50 P&P with Amazon). It arrived today in Amazon Prime wrapping with an Amazon packing slip (but no receipt).
I'm guessing someone is selling items on eBay and fulfilling the orders using their Prime account to get the items delivered to the purchaser as gifts (hence no eBay seller receipt and no pricing info).
Is this a thing? I'm sure it makes them a small bit of money but I'm sure the profit margin goes out of the window when you have to deal with returns (or do they just tell you to return it to Amazon)?
[EDIT] Ah, could also be sellers using Amazon to store and ship everything, even though they're selling via eBay.