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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by rubyfan on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:16PM (#27338848)
Many of us are reading this comment and not understanding why we’re being condescended to. We read TFA and not seeing the problem and the fact that you restate the fees for Marketplace aren’t selling it any more than the article. Explain why the mere act of charging 30-45% rent is a monopoly?
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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by hedora on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:21PM (#27338881)
By preventing sellers from offering lower prices elsewhere, they’re using their monopoly power to directly stifle competition, and also to directly raise consumer prices.

The size of the fee they charge on top of this doesn’t matter.

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