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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by Spooky23 on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @08:53PM (#41063770)
Don’t be baffled… “worlds largest selection” pivoted to worlds largest fence. Financially, the third party product is better for Amazon (no inventory - the third party stuff is a revenue generator!)

How exactly does Spooky23 have the buying power to price competitively with a major retailer? The answer is pretty obvious. It’s cheaper to pay crackheads to loot CVS than to troll for clearance blowouts.

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by TimTheTinker on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @09:41PM (#41063995)
> It’s cheaper to pay crackheads to loot CVS than to troll for clearance blowouts.

Is that where all the crazy stuff on Amazon is coming from?

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by toddmatthews on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @09:58PM (#41064090)
Wouldn’t be surprised

https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/

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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by conductr on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @10:30PM (#41064234)
Probably not all but it’s well known they’re just stealing consumer durables because they’re easy to convert to cash
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