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>could purchasers band together and join an organization that negotiates on their behalf, organizes boycotts, etc. for a relatively small fee? I think you just
by nexuist 7y ago
>could purchasers band together and join an organization that negotiates on their behalf, organizes boycotts, etc. for a relatively small fee?
I think you just reinvented unions.
- geofft 7y agoNot quite. The fundamental concept of collective bargaining is similar, but unions are for employees to band together and negotiate with their employers, not for consumers to band together and negotiate with their vendors. (In US law at least, unions are very tightly regulated, managers can't unionize, etc. A group of people negotiating what their Prime membership means would absolutely not be called a "union.")
- nexuist 7y agoUnderstood, thanks for the correction. Collective bargaining against vendors actually sounds like a really useful idea.