Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing
by corobo on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @07:39PM
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That's gotta be a very short term thing though hasn't it? Honestly Amazon is two, maybe three, knockoffs away from me never using them again (currently: 0). I can't be arsed with faff.. that's why I use Amazon.
It'd be daft for them to not be curbing this!
Re:A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing
by heavyset_go on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:03PM
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I believe that they assume they've bought enough goodwill from segments of consumers that things like this don't really matter.
My older relatives generally assume that Amazon will have the best prices online for everything despite that not being the case for 5+ years now.
They're counting on customers like my relatives and yourself not changing their assumptions or habits.
These bad actors are optimizing for sales, and Amazon benefits from each sale on their marketplace. Their actions result in more money for the bad actors and for Amazon alike.
It's a similar situation to VC-funded social media platforms turning a blind eye to bots and automation early on because bot activity increases growth and engagement metrics, both of which in turn can increase the platform's valuation in future funding rounds or an IPO.