I am not endorsing the guy, but can someone explain how is this seller’s behavior different from Amazon’s overall behavior of consolidation and squeezing out independent sellers?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html …
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From a personal POV, it is definitely poor taste to scalp essential supplies during this time of crisis, but it seems no different than the monopolistic market creation by tech companies, large e-commerce giants, and large residential real-estate/construction conglomerates >
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> and pretty much all of American “free market” business. It feels pretty rich for Amazon to crack down on this individual.
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Amazon drives prices to the floor through its scale and logistics advantages. Scalping drives prices through the roof. So pretty different results in terms of affordability of basic goods in crisis?
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But aren’t both intentioned at consolidation and becoming monopolies? There’s a long history of Amazon bullying independent sellers https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon%20bullies%20independent%20sellers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 …
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There was a study that Amazon prices are not the lowest. Once people stop comparing they can do whatever...
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Amazon is providing some added value, such as reliable tracking and delivery, centralized payment, retrieving invoices even years later, product insurance, return policy. I am still comparing, but Amazon tends to win often, even if the sticker price is slightly higher.
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True. BTW if the AI thing doesn’t work out I got http://Bach.rocks for music.:)
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