[Sans-Culotte]

If Amazon decides to carry the item themselves instead of just being the fulfillment system and marketplace we sell through, they even deal with all the customer service for that item, reducing our costs.

A problem is that Amazon watches what fulfillment items sell well and when they start buying and selling the items directly, the original "partner" loses the customer base he built to Amazon direct.

[Spktyr]

That certainly is a concern for people reselling, but in this case, my client is the sole source for these particular patented goods.