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Oh, I wouldn't "go after" the guy, I'm annoyed at myself more than anything.
The article does point out a problem for Mr Snugglehead- returns. The end-buyer figures out what is going on, returns the item for a refund (presumably buying another at the original Amazon price), and the return leads to a several more on-costs.
Some third party sellers even have that covered. My wife bought a toy for one of our nephews a while back. The seller shipped the wrong toy. With it came the instructions to call Toys R Us. if there were any problems. She did call Toys R Us and they were more than happy to take the return and ship out the correct toy. I think some of the E bay and Amazon "sellers" have a company name and that's all. They get a commissions from brick and mortar retailers for each item they sell. If it works it's a great business model. No store, no inventory, no shipping or receiving, no dealing with returns or defective merchandise. The only capital investment is a computer and a spot on a server somewhere.