Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access independent seller data

Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by darawk on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @07:24PM (#23992661)

> On Costco, it’s not a marketplace for third party sellers to ship to customers. Sure it’s closer to us to make analogies with traditional brands, but Amazon’s position is nothing similar.

Is it not? I mean, some of the details are different, but fundamentally Costco sells third party products. I don't really see how the distinction here is relevant to the issue at hand.

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Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by hrktb on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @07:36PM (#23992728)

Amazon doesn’t buy the third party products to resell to the client, nor does it pass delivery and production contracts with volume orders and quality checks etc.

It’s a completely different business that has a different relationship with its sellers. In particular Amazon guarantees nothing and the seller is fully responsible for delivering the goods and satisfying the client. Going through Amazon’s warehouses is still a different case, but if I’m not mistaken it’s just a shipping agreement and nothing more.

In specific cases Amazon might actually buy the goods from the seller first, but it’s the exception more than the rule.

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