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Re:Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Compl... by Xelynega on Friday November 08, 2019 @04:59PM (#21487285)
This is false. Amazon doesn't have the same rules as most companies, they have cities paying them bribes to put a headquarters in them.
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Re:Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Compl... by toasterlovin on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:51PM (#21488992)
Many large companies try to extract concessions from cities in this manner. Sports franchises are notorious for this, despite being much smaller than Amazon.
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Re:Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Compl... by zer00eyz on Saturday November 09, 2019 @01:38AM (#21490020)
This has been going on since the 80s in my first hand experience. Im sure longer than that as well.
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