FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization

Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by mthoms on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:16PM (#25367590)

None of what you wrote is really relevant to the point the parent was making. They were highlighting the upfront risk of paying for the inventory itself. Amazon does not assume any of this risk. Ever. The vast, vast majority of other retailers do. Consignment arrangements are the exception, not the rule.

Slotting fees, like buying ads on Amazon, have absolutely nothing to do with inventory costs.

>Supermarkets often have contracts where they can return stock to suppliers if it is defective or not selling well and do not always own their stock.

There's exceptions to everything and the parent explicitly mentioned that.

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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by colechristensen on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @09:53PM (#25369058)

> Amazon does not assume any of this risk. Ever.

This is a bit extreme. “Shipped and sold by Amazon” is indeed a large part of their online retail and many people try to buy only directly from Amazon.

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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by mthoms on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:39PM (#25376840)

We seem to have come full circle back to the original point.

Amazon chooses which products to stock and sell direct based on the risk/reward ratio of each individual product. They determine that ratio by analyzing their 3rd party merchants data.

See the problem? Amazon can eliminate/minimize their own risk based on data from their supposed "partners".

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