Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by Guvante on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:02PM
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You can't offer lower prices directly so Amazon forces all your customers to pay for their services whether they get them or not.
Or you can not be on Amazon but "just don't sell Windows if you don't want to pay extra" didn't work for Microsoft...
Amazon charges for all of those things still. This isn't 50% off and we deal with everything it is ~50% but you still take all economic risk.
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by WalterBright on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:20PM
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I neglected to mention that the mail order resellers demanded we provide them with product at 50% of the price we retailed it. So, if we lowered the retail price, we'd also have to lower the wholesale price.
Nobody was being stupid here. Or maybe I should say that one learns the ropes fast or goes bust.
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by Guvante on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @10:18PM
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I am pointing out that your example includes risk transference. Unless they also charged you for shipping, storage, and returns.
There is a difference between "let me buy from you and I need room to make a profit" and "you can sell through me but you bear all costs but I still want my profit".
Back in the 80's, my company sold compilers through third party mail order houses. They all demanded providing the product to them at 50% of their selling price.
It's what having somebody else advertise, collect orders, process payments, ship, and deal with returns is always going to cost you.
If it's unacceptable to your business, sell directly. My company did both.