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by Dyac 1780 days ago
Part of it is to do with liability and tax stuff. If amazon doesn't share the info in both directions, can they really claim to the taxman and insurance providers that the seller sold you the stuff, or did Amazon really sell you the stuff and the seller was simply their supplier?

Amazon wants to say the seller sold it (unless it was a vendor sale "sold and fulfilled by Amazon.com").