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Re:Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switc... by stjohnswarts on Thursday December 31, 2020 @11:03AM (#25593853)
Also to load them up on with debt from other sources and then let them go bankrupt. Which should be illegal.
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Re:Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switc... by cratermoon on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:03PM (#25597697)
Can you give an example? I don't disbelieve you, but it's not something I've come across. What do they do, take an accounting liability completely unrelated to the company, "sell" it to the company, thus putting it on the books there and off the books of the investors?
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