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Originally Posted by hobnail
I ordered a PocketBook from goodereader last year or so. I remember feeling uncomfortable about buying from them but they weren't available from anywhere else here in the US. The shipping seemed strange to me; it was shipped from China. I now wonder if it was a grey market one, i.e., one that "fell off a truck" so to speak, rather than from PocketBook Inc.
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Maybe. But it could also be a legitimate use of drop shipping, which can have advantages for all three parties and ecology as well. But the devil is in the circumstances. However, it should always be made clear up front, especially when delivery will be long after the order.