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Re:The Market for Lemons by mavhc on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:00AM (#18896328)
Buying things on Amazon seems like a similar problem, multiple third parties, cheapest price, fake reviews or different versions being grouped together under one set of reviews
Re:The Market for Lemons by argonaut on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:32AM (#18896426)
Amazon is clearly not a lemon market (and by clearly I mean it's a textbook case). Amazon is a company that guarantees/warrants the products (buyers have effective recourse to return products). In the paper's model this prevents a lemon market.
Re:The Market for Lemons by mavhc on Sunday January 13, 2019 @08:28AM (#18896590)
Still, I feel more and more annoyed using it because I can't trust the quality. A warranty is still annoying when dealing with low cost items
Re:The Market for Lemons by aortenzi on Sunday January 13, 2019 @12:29PM (#18897600)
I think that the presence of effectively meaningless warranties is ripe for exposure.

Unlimited replacements for a $40 screen protector? Just send us $20 to ship you the free replacement.

Business relies on government for enforcement of contract and commercial law, but simultaneously creates intentionally confusing terms and fights against the authority of government to enforce the other side (for the consumer).

In addition to the information asymmetry, there's an overall power asymmetry -- both need to be addressed.

Re:The Market for Lemons by zwaps on Sunday January 13, 2019 @02:37PM (#18898260)
In the US, yes. Otherwise the goods will be shipped from other countries and it will often be impossible to return them or get refunds. Amazon does as little as it can get away with there.

This is not by accident, since most people then choose the shipped&sold by amazon itself, of course potentially more expensive.