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I am not supporting a side here. But what exactly is the practical or moral issue with this? Is it that Amazon is squeezing money out of people who want the mov

I am not supporting a side here. But what exactly is the practical or moral issue with this? Is it that Amazon is squeezing money out of people who want the movie but probably won't use the Prime service otherwise? Is it false advertising where Amazon claims to cater to everyone, but you really only benefit if you use their Prime service?

ocdtrekkie 8y ago
It's just a terrible way to treat your customers, that's all. I get having exclusive discounts/pricing. But when you say "subscribe or go elsewhere, we won't sell this to you"... I go elsewhere. It feels like Amazon has moved very far away from the "focus on the customer" approach they used to have. They should never be giving me a reason to buy from a different store.
- dleslie 8y ago
  You cannot go elsewhere for digital exclusives or very new releases; unless by elsewhere you mean to violate copyright.
  - ocdtrekkie 8y ago
    I was specifically speaking of physical items you can generally buy at other retailers, like Blu-ray discs or diapers. Most "Prime exclusive" items are sold elsewhere. Like Best Buy. One of the months I was forced to get Prime and was very angry about it, was that Amazon chose to make an "Amazon exclusive" Amiibo also "Prime exclusive". So Nintendo only sold it to Amazon, and Amazon only sold it to Prime members. If I didn't want to pay six times the cost on eBay, I had to get Prime.
- daemonk 8y ago
  I see where you are coming from. I would assume the pricing/exclusivity of items are optimized so that they can push their profits the highest they can go without alienating too many people. I guess this goes to show how important consumer behavioral data is.
dleslie 8y ago
It smells like a negotiated co-promotion.
pornel 8y ago
The only problem here is that Amazon is so big that it's newsworthy what they choose to sell or not. We should have healthy competition, so that when Amazon chooses not to sell some product, it's merely Amazon's loss, not an assault on a manufacturer.

ocdtrekkie 8y ago

It's just a terrible way to treat your customers, that's all. I get having exclusive discounts/pricing. But when you say "subscribe or go elsewhere, we won't sell this to you"... I go elsewhere. It feels like Amazon has moved very far away from the "focus on the customer" approach they used to have. They should never be giving me a reason to buy from a different store.

dleslie 8y ago
You cannot go elsewhere for digital exclusives or very new releases; unless by elsewhere you mean to violate copyright.
- ocdtrekkie 8y ago
  I was specifically speaking of physical items you can generally buy at other retailers, like Blu-ray discs or diapers. Most "Prime exclusive" items are sold elsewhere. Like Best Buy. One of the months I was forced to get Prime and was very angry about it, was that Amazon chose to make an "Amazon exclusive" Amiibo also "Prime exclusive". So Nintendo only sold it to Amazon, and Amazon only sold it to Prime members. If I didn't want to pay six times the cost on eBay, I had to get Prime.
daemonk 8y ago
I see where you are coming from. I would assume the pricing/exclusivity of items are optimized so that they can push their profits the highest they can go without alienating too many people. I guess this goes to show how important consumer behavioral data is.

dleslie 8y ago

It smells like a negotiated co-promotion.

pornel 8y ago

The only problem here is that Amazon is so big that it's newsworthy what they choose to sell or not. We should have healthy competition, so that when Amazon chooses not to sell some product, it's merely Amazon's loss, not an assault on a manufacturer.