Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B

Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by el_benhameen on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:36AM (#17417754)

Man, yeah. I’ve stopped buying anything food-related from Amazon, and I’m very hesitant to use it for anything that will come into contact with me or my family. If they integrate PillPack’s supply chain with their own, I would be extremely unlikely to even consider the service.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by djrogers on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:07PM (#17418086)

Have you actually received fake food from amazon?

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by maimeowmeow on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:12PM (#17418137)

Food items can end up 2x+ times the price over a grocery store because there are hidden shipping costs. And many times the higher prices cause less people to purchase, so the item has a short experiation date.

And Im concerned about knockoffs as well.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by xkjkls on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:40PM (#17418418)

Knockoffs of what food? Like selling not organic produce as organic?

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by 0x4f3759df on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:59PM (#17418600)

NPR interviewed the author of Real Food, Fake Food. Basically everything is fake, olive oil, fish, Parmesan cheese

http://www.realfoodfakefood.com/real-food-fake-food-book-by-...

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by xkjkls on Thursday June 28, 2018 @01:09PM (#17418688)

That's far from an Amazon problem. Olive oil fraud has been a thing since before Christ.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by maimeowmeow on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:55PM (#17418568)

I used to hear about family members recieving fake ferroro rocher in America many years ago. But here is an recent example in china.

https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2017/02/08/Fake-Fe...

If there was any incentive to create and sell a knock off product, it is only increased when Amazon provides laxadasial environment.

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by tigershark on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:03PM (#17419569)

If anyone buys a “ferroro” rocher instead of a “ferrero” rocher I would say that he is asking for a fake...

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by maimeowmeow on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:14PM (#17419661)

Looks like a loophole if you place it in small font: "Its not ferrero, its ferroro"

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by toephu2 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:44PM (#17422233)

Fake bananas from Honduras?

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Re:Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B by segmondy on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:20PM (#17419703)

Likewise! I don't buy anything food related from Amazon and won't buy medicine either.

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