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If sellers can disappear, that's a problem. Amazon should be liable for ensuring sellers can be tracked down and prosecuted. In cases where they do manage to do
by Jeff_Brown 7y ago
If sellers can disappear, that's a problem. Amazon should be liable for ensuring sellers can be tracked down and prosecuted. In cases where they do manage to do that, though, should they still be on the hook?
- uponcoffee 7y agoAmazon should be held responsible, and they can recover damages by suing the third party. This protects the buyer in the case that the seller disappears or cannot afford the settlement. IMO, amazon would be better off moderating their platform.
- JamesBarney 7y agoNot to mention the costs associated with Amazon recovering that money from a third party as substantially lower than for an individual.
- stefan_ 7y agoAmazon does the entire sales process, collects the money, overwhelmingly ships and warehouses the products, tightly controls listings. I'm not sure there is any case where Amazon should not be liable. You buy something "fulfilled by Amazon" and at no point in the transaction is any sort of third party involved.
- Jeff_Brown 7y agoYeah that seems fair. And like an opportunity for an insurance market. It will raise the price of goods on Amazon, but whatever, safety costs money.