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So, Amazon is having some issues with retailers trying to sell you some gadget that really isn't what you thought you were going to get. Like a USB stick that s
by Balgair 10y ago
So, Amazon is having some issues with retailers trying to sell you some gadget that really isn't what you thought you were going to get. Like a USB stick that says it's 256GB, but is actual 2 Mb. The 'reviews' of these shadier products are shilled out or just 'bots and amazon is trying to get these types of things off their market.
So, what happens when this happens to these restaurants? Like, say I 'open' up a restaurant inside of my apartment. Maybe I list the address as some other place, or I just risk the local health inspector showing up unannounced. But I only sell via Amazon, and I get some friends and family to write reviews of my kitchen, or maybe I just pay some 'bots to do it too. Amazon has problems already with that fly-by-night operation, how are they going to combat it?
For reference, this was an issue with GrubHub last year:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Seamless-Restaurant-Grubhub-Fake-Eatery-Unregulated-Kitchen-Investigation-I-Team-New-York-City-344708652.html http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Seamless-Restaurant-Gru...
http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/11/grubhub-seamless-ghost-restaurant-investigation.html http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/11/grubhub-seamless-ghost-res...
- mahyarm 10y agoThey streetview your business and check if you have a previous presence elsewhere? During your first transaction from a schlub the delivery driver will drive to your fake address, see that there is nothing there and you wont even get money since there would be nothing to pick up.
- Balgair 10y agoWell, it wasn't a problem for the GrubHub drivers, so one can assume that at least some of the Amazon ones won't have an issue either.