Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation
by AJ007 on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:11PM
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Amazon is loaded with questionable shit, with little enforcement from what a buyer's standpoint. Besides the counterfeit stuff, there are reviews of items which are clearly dangerous with accompanied photos. The roll over to paid listings is only going to make it worse as the sellers find more loopholes so they can earn even more to cover their cost-of-sale.
Generally a big fan of Amazon but in the past two years I've increasingly spent more times on other ecommerce sites who police their inventory. Hell, try finding something as basic as Egyptian cotton sheets on Amazon now.
Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation
by nommm-nommm on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:47PM
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Amazon certianly has the power to better enforce what people are selling on their platform and they choose not to. I don't know if it's their business model or they are just dysfunctional. There's been a whole bunch of articles over the past few years about Amazon listing for illegal products. Even if you buy sold and shipped by Amazon you aren't guaranteed to not get a counterfeit because third party sellers are allowed to comingle their products with all other sellers (including Amazon's)
Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation
by nommm-nommm on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:49PM
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>Also per the comments the "product" is $10 at the hardware store and this person is selling it for $40 at Amazon so that is an interesting business.
This is pretty common. Amazon buyers who have prime almost never comparison shop. That allows rare/niche items to go for significantly more than anywhere else.
Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation
by joering2 on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:21PM
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> this person is selling it for $40 at Amazon so that is an interesting business.
Shipping usually heavy liquids across US with special hazardous markings and proper handle requires extra payments. If that's interesting business to you then okay...
> It could easily cause serious problems.
It couldn't because FAA strictly forbids mixing of cargo with the one attached to a flying PAX.
Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation
by noobermin on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:41PM
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I thought the entire issue here is that this cargo was shipped without those precise markings so the nine injured didn't know it required special handling, so that $30 difference did not go to such preparations.
And like you I was amazed that it was sold with lye. Kind of makes me wonder if this stuff was riding in the cargo hold of some jet I was flying across country. It could easily cause serious problems.