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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by kogepathic on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @01:36AM (#13928688)
> This is a brilliant strategy on Amazon's part.

Indeed. I was recently in the market for a small mono/tripod to bring with me on vacation.

Looking at the "Best Sellers" for this category, it's blatantly obvious that Amazon is just taking the existing top 3 models, copying them almost 1:1, and then undercutting the original product price with their "Amazon Basics" branded product.

How are you supposed to survive selling a product when even Amazon is out there copying it and selling it for less?

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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @05:39AM (#13929587)
Are you sure they're not just buying them in from the manufacturers and rebranding?
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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by kogepathic on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @06:28AM (#13929783)
They might be, but what would the manufacturer's incentive be to compete with "Amazon Basics" ?

Amazon is selling it for less, and putting their branding on the product.

I'm hardly a widget manufacturer, but to me this would be a nonsensical choice for a them to manufacture as an ODM for Amazon when they're also selling their own product through Amazon.

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