Re:Amazon's Tepid Response to Counterfeiters Frustrates Sellers
by unclebucknasty on Saturday March 25, 2017 @08:14PM
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>until a major company gets burned and the FBI gets involved.
Or until consumers start to become unsure enough about whether they are getting legit goods on Amazon that they become wary of shopping there.
>they don't understand that's a serious crime.
Oh, they understand this well. They are a multi-billion dollar company with teams of lawyers.
But, as long as they can get away with a passive response--like processing refunds when requested--without taking too much of a reputational or legal hit, they will continue to do so. Effectively, it's cheaper to outsource the policing to customers vs. trying to vet vendors at scale.
Or until consumers start to become unsure enough about whether they are getting legit goods on Amazon that they become wary of shopping there.
>they don't understand that's a serious crime.
Oh, they understand this well. They are a multi-billion dollar company with teams of lawyers.
But, as long as they can get away with a passive response--like processing refunds when requested--without taking too much of a reputational or legal hit, they will continue to do so. Effectively, it's cheaper to outsource the policing to customers vs. trying to vet vendors at scale.