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Re:Amazon Is a Monopoly by skinnymuch on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:52AM (#20624660)
They famously did their whole competition with Diapers.com and their parent company. That wasn’t an Amazon marketplace competitor though. But it was pretty ruthless of Amazon.
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Re:Amazon Is a Monopoly by Dylan16807 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:44AM (#20632037)
But what was the lowest price, and how much did they raise it from that point?

If I look at this article[1], they have a screenshot of size 4 pampers for 22 cents each, in 2010. In 2019 dollars that's 26 cents. The current amazon brand is 23 cents each, and the same pampers are 26 cents.

It doesn't seem like they've abused any dominance here. It's very possible they could do it in the future, but that's not the same thing.

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-diapers-price-war-201...

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