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Surely this is nothing that Flipkart cannot fixed without some lobbying? I am not trying to be facetious, India is very protectionist. Amazon can only operate

by steve19 10y ago

Surely this is nothing that Flipkart cannot fixed without some lobbying? I am not trying to be facetious, India is very protectionist. Amazon can only operate as a marketplace, not a seller, yet they have one seller accounting for as much as 50% of sales ... a little suspicious. The Indian govt. has introduced regulations, no doubt from Flipkart lobbying, to remedy the situation [0]. Amazon must be dumping money into Indian operations in order to kill competitors and hope once they have a monopoly, they can raise prices and lobby the government themselves. [0] http://fortune.com/2016/04/08/amazon-regulatory-hurdles-india/ http://fortune.com/2016/04/08/amazon-regulatory-hurdles-indi...

dingo_bat 10y ago
We do not have lobbying in India. It's called bribing, and I doubt flipkart is doing it. Entrenched companies like reliance/tata are known for that but smaller ones like flipkart cannot take the risk of getting caught.
- pkd 10y ago
  > Entrenched companies like reliance/tata are known for that Tangential to the topic, but can you point out where has Tata been found to have been indulging in that? If I recall correctly, Tata has refused to work with the Government when it required them to do something illegal on multiple occasions. This is why Tata went out of the airline market.
  - geodel 10y ago
    You can search for Tata group role in 2G scam. I don't know what is current status of case. But Tata group was lobbying with then Telecom minister. One example of probe into Tata conduct: http://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/2g-scam-ex-niira-radia-firm-under-scanner-as-cbi-probes-tata-realty-unitech-deal-1984347.html http://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/2g-scam... But you can find a lot about this case. The point being Tata or anyone are not absolutely clean.
thewhitetulip 10y ago
Amazon is like Google, they provide such an excellent service that customers use them. Uber is being used despite the fact that it is technically illegal because it is so popular with the users. users matter, even if Amazon dumped billion dollar's in Modi's account, all he can do is urge people to use amazon, he can't or rather no govt official can make flipkart go away. Also if you read Amazon's book, the story of Amazon, they never ever raised prices, they always have reduced prices all the time. And we Indians have a nice behaviour, we always buy from where we have the lowest price possible!

by steve19 10y ago

dingo_bat 10y ago

We do not have lobbying in India. It's called bribing, and I doubt flipkart is doing it. Entrenched companies like reliance/tata are known for that but smaller ones like flipkart cannot take the risk of getting caught.

pkd 10y ago
> Entrenched companies like reliance/tata are known for that Tangential to the topic, but can you point out where has Tata been found to have been indulging in that? If I recall correctly, Tata has refused to work with the Government when it required them to do something illegal on multiple occasions. This is why Tata went out of the airline market.
- geodel 10y ago
  You can search for Tata group role in 2G scam. I don't know what is current status of case. But Tata group was lobbying with then Telecom minister. One example of probe into Tata conduct: http://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/2g-scam-ex-niira-radia-firm-under-scanner-as-cbi-probes-tata-realty-unitech-deal-1984347.html http://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/2g-scam... But you can find a lot about this case. The point being Tata or anyone are not absolutely clean.

thewhitetulip 10y ago

Amazon is like Google, they provide such an excellent service that customers use them. Uber is being used despite the fact that it is technically illegal because it is so popular with the users. users matter, even if Amazon dumped billion dollar's in Modi's account, all he can do is urge people to use amazon, he can't or rather no govt official can make flipkart go away. Also if you read Amazon's book, the story of Amazon, they never ever raised prices, they always have reduced prices all the time. And we Indians have a nice behaviour, we always buy from where we have the lowest price possible!