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Amazon Boxes For Fixed Amounts
Aslam o alikum
Sir now a days there is some people who sell an a Amazon Box for fixed amount. This box is full of different kind of things and you don’t know that what actually inside it. The things which are inside maybe too expensive. So this kind of purchasing is ok? or its also come in the lottery.
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Amazon Boxes For Fixed Amounts
updated 3 years, 7 months ago
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I am a student. In my opinion all games of chance are prohibited. This seems to be a game of chance as well. You may get lucky and find a box with much more expensive items than what you paid for and other times, the items may be much less worth than the price paid.
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It is difficult to comment on this arrangement based on limited information. It would be helpful if you could add further details like whether the seller is aware of the contents inside the box, does the box contain used items, is the seller a company/supplier or a private person, is this a part of the company’s promotion deal etc. etc.
But to understand what is gambling and the rationale behind it’s prohibition, please refer to the following responses of Ghamidi Sahab:
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Brother Umer, the seller is a private party who is aware of the contents, but the buyer has no knowledge of contents. I have seen many people buying these boxes for thousands of dollars and contents are either junk or worth much less than the price. I have to yet see a box with contents worth more than the price.
The second kind of boxes are sold by Amazon. People bid on these boxes. The boxes contains returns. Amazon doesn’t know the value or the quality of the products. It may contain brand new items, some with missing parts , some useless junk and some may be able made sellable after repairs. In this case neither seller has an idea of the value of contents nor buyer has any clue. It is pure luck.
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Thank you Nadeem Sahab for filling me in on the details. This was really helpful as I previously had no idea regarding details of this arragement. This puts me in a much better position to take scholarly insight on both these arrangements as well.
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