[toasterlovin]

A. Amazon doesn't know what seller margins are. They can't because they have no insight into what sellers pay for the products, only what the products sell for.

B. The main reason that products, in general, look alike is because they're all being produced at the same 3 factories in China. And for lots of products, there's no reason to deviate significantly from the house design that the factory offers.

[mywittyname]

A. They absolutely do. There are plenty of companies out there that will analyze a product, describe how they believe it is made, and produce a cost break down to the penny. They will go so far as to measure the thickness of the paint used.

B. I used Lodge as an example because I know they make their own products in the US and they do not produce generics. Ergo, I'm quit confident Amazon ripped them off.

Of course, Amazon has been sued over this before [1] [2] [3]. Is three references lawsuits enough evidence for you, or should I dig up some more? And there are many reports of them ripping off vendor products, as I described, from smaller vendors who never sue because they lack the means [4].

Finally, here's evidence from a former Amazon employee claiming they do exactly what I said they do. [5]

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-18/williams-...

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2018/01/14/fuse-chi...

[3] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-counterfeit-la...

[4] https://www.geek.com/news/amazonbasics-is-copying-all-the-be...

[5] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-third-party-sellers-d...