Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by ComputerGuru on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:07PM
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Storage plus shipping through FBA isn’t cheap. The problem isn’t that FBA is expensive, the problem is that selling on Amazon but not via FBA is heavily punished with placement and appearance leading to poor conversion rates.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by starluz on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:06AM
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Yes this is the issue for consumers as well. The first 16 pages of every search are nearly identical low quality fba products. Need a search layer to find the small sellers!
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by behringer on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:05AM
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I don't even buy from small sellers on Amazon mainly due to terrible resilts. That's what ebay is good for.
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by mcfedr on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:16AM
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Yea, but be honest, you really only want to buy from FBA because that's the one that will arrive tomorrow
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by hellojesus on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:43PM
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This means Amazon has the most efficient pipeline to consumers. Where is the harm? It seems like a benefit to consumers.
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by tebbers on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:15AM
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And that hopefully will be the basis of any anticompetitive action. Sounds like logistics and commerce might need to be broken up.
Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
by hellojesus on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:44PM
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Why? This doesn't make any sense. Why would a vertically integrated business that provides the most efficient outcome for the consumer need to be broken up?