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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by notatoad on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @01:39AM (#13928694)
>Some of the SKUs we don't even sell to anyone else anymore but Amazon.

It seems crazy to me that they don't have an easy process to support this. Amazon must have as much to gain by being the sole reseller as you do from them blocking other suppliers. I don't see why they don't offer a one-click agreement that a manufacturer can sign saying essentially "we won't sell this through any other channels if you won't accept any other sellers"

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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by gfsadhfsd on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:21AM (#13928849)
No: Antitrust.

There's no excuse for Amazon selling and profiting from counterfeits though. Buck stops with them.

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Re:Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling under Amaz... by themagician on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:49PM (#13933596)
It wouldn't be antitrust if YOU are the manufacturer. Amazon does this for some products already, particularly their own. They don't let 3rd parties list AmazonBasics products or Kindles.

Other retailers do this all the time. In fact, that used to be the status quo—signing an exclusive with a retailer.

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