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Why should I even care about their data model as a costumer? If any other seller would pull a trick like this: "sorry, my supplier provided counterfeit items -
by kbart 9y ago
Why should I even care about their data model as a costumer? If any other seller would pull a trick like this: "sorry, my supplier provided counterfeit items - I have nothing to do with it", they would be f-cked anyway. If Amazon stores, Amazon sells, Amazon ships then Amazon is responsible. Try to order some counterfeit iPhones from China and sell them on local market. When authorities come, give them an excuse: "look, it's an Apple logo on it and supplier told it's really iPhone, it's not my fault this item is counterfeit" and tell us how it went.
- CWuestefeld 9y agoYes, of course. What I'm trying to explain is why it doesn't make sense to expect Amazon to completely expunge all references to a given Product simply because one Seller has been shown to offer counterfeit instances of it.
- kbart 9y agoI do understand what you mean, I just don't understand how Amazon avoids responsibility for not filtering their suppliers whereas all other retailers are enforced to that and face hefty fines for failing to do so. There's no use of removing one individual seller when 10 comes in its place instantly.
- Spooky23 9y agoIf they lack the ability to isolate inventory originating from untrustworthy sources or adequately manage its supplier relationships, then yes. This will blow up in their face when a bunch of preschoolers die when a fake iPad charger or battery burns the school down.
- syshum 9y agoSo if you go to the mall, and in the mall a seller sold a counterfeit item, then you believe the Mall will be shutdown, not just the individual store in the mall? Really? because that is what Amazon is, an online shopping mall
- kbart 9y agoThis analogy is false, because mall doesn't handle goods directly, while Amazon does. It's not uncommon to get counterfeit item even in orders "fulfilled by Amazon". Amazon is more like supermarket imho, where you can "rent" shelf space and I'm pretty sure such supermarket would get into trouble if some of their renters would fill the shelves with counterfeit goods.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoIf the company who own the mall have their name over the shop door, have their workers inside it, process the transaction, have their name on the receipt, have their name as the receiver on the bank statement ... then yes, that company should not escape penalty just because they own the mall too.