Amazon still isn't doing enough to stop bait-and-switch reviews

Re:Amazon still isn't doing enough to stop bait-and-switch r... by paxys on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:00AM (#29589232)

I had predicted a while ago that the end goal for Amazon's retail division will be to sell only Amazon's own goods and services, and I still stand by it. We may not see it for a long time, but let's face it Amazon isn't what it is today because it sells cheap Chinese knockoffs. The real money is in grocery delivery, pharmacy, Prime Video, Kindle, Audible, Fire Tablets, the Echo ecosystem, Ring. They could even start a courier service on the back of their global logistics empire and compete with FedEx/UPS.

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Re:Amazon still isn't doing enough to stop bait-and-switch r... by noduerme on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:46AM (#29589555)

This is an interesting and possibly prescient take. They could announce a crackdown tomorrow on all fake sellers and basically sell 2/3rds of the appliances in America themselves overnight. OTOH then they'd be on the hook for the reliability of their products. And that's not been their methodology so far (excluding acquisitions like Whole Foods and Ring). But it's interesting..

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