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Re:Grubhub sued for listing restaurants without permission by colejohnson66 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @01:25PM (#24932858)
I’ve heard many stories about people’s orders taking longer than 2 days to arrive[a] (sometimes even 5+ weeks). When asked, they say they ordered on Amazon and are upset at Amazon for it being late. After you explain that Amazon is also a marketplace, they understand why it’s late (it’s the seller’s fault), but they’re still upset at Amazon for not making it clear enough that it wasn’t going through Prime.

[a]: I.E. non-Prime purchases (ignoring the fact that Prime purchases can also just be late)

Re:Grubhub sued for listing restaurants without permission by leppr on Thursday October 29, 2020 @01:34PM (#24932938)
That indicates mostly a branding/communication problem and not something fundamentally wrong with the practice of layering services over other third-party services.
Re:Grubhub sued for listing restaurants without permission by donarb on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:00PM (#24934997)
People don’t realize that Amazon Prime doesn’t promise 2 day shipping from the time you order. It’s 2 day shipping from the time they fill your order, which could be a week or two later.