Re:Amazon Delays Opening of Cashierless Store to Work Out Kinks
by tyingq on Monday March 27, 2017 @11:25PM
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Amazon will counter by convincing third parties to resell their goods on the shelf. Amazon takes their cut of sales, but doesn't chip in on losses or fraud. Oh wait...
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Re:Amazon Delays Opening of Cashierless Store to Work Out Kinks
by huntersbellend on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:42AM
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Does Amazon already do this?
Re:Amazon Delays Opening of Cashierless Store to Work Out Kinks
by tyingq on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:30AM
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It's a nod to their online model. You sell android phones as a 3rd party on Amazon.com. Buyer claims "not as described". Keeps phone, puts potato in Android box and returns it. Amazon forces you to refund. Probably distressing to Amazon that they can't foist off losses of physical in-store shoplifting onto 3rd parties.
Re:Amazon Delays Opening of Cashierless Store to Work Out Kinks
by pooper on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @04:11AM
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Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13955981
We had a discussion about Amazon.com comingling inventory with seller inventory.
More discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924546