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Amazon is running into similar issues too with counterfeit items and other scammers. In fact I think this happens with any sufficiently large ecommerce platform

Amazon is running into similar issues too with counterfeit items and other scammers. In fact I think this happens with any sufficiently large ecommerce platform It all boils down to inability to scale. These companies have internal narratives that they will scale completely horizontally and that they can automate everything. But at the end of the day I don't think anybody has eliminated the need to perform due diligence on their supply chain. What's strange is that Etsy and Amazon would rather their brands be damaged than hire more people to police what goes on their platforms

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arbitrage 7y ago
> Amazon is running into similar issues too with counterfeit items and other scammers amazon has been running into this issue for decades. it's a constant ebb & flow. this is not new information.
- scrungus 7y ago
  you have to spend money to make money
  - arbitrage 7y ago
    That has absolutely no bearing on anything I said.
    - scrungus 7y ago
      thats because you millennial always act like money grows on trees. (matthew 19:24) go to church somtime??
mattmcknight 7y ago
I'd say the primary similarity is the marketplace of third party sellers. For products where Amazon.com is the seller, it has about as many problems as anywhere else. Where Amazon.com is not the seller, it is like etsy or ebay, where the product listings themselves are completely unreliable. The #1 thing I hate about Amazon is how they mix third party items with items where they are the seller. However, third party has grown from 3% to 58% of sales on the site, so I don't see how they can get rid of it or fix it. https://qz.com/1592802/jeff-bezos-third-party-sellers-on-amazon-are-kicking-our-butt/ https://qz.com/1592802/jeff-bezos-third-party-sellers-on-ama...
- onemoresoop 7y ago
  I suspect that was a deliberate move to squeeze more profit in a quicker manner.

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arbitrage 7y ago

> Amazon is running into similar issues too with counterfeit items and other scammers amazon has been running into this issue for decades. it's a constant ebb & flow. this is not new information.

scrungus 7y ago
you have to spend money to make money
- arbitrage 7y ago
  That has absolutely no bearing on anything I said.
  - scrungus 7y ago
    thats because you millennial always act like money grows on trees. (matthew 19:24) go to church somtime??

mattmcknight 7y ago

I'd say the primary similarity is the marketplace of third party sellers. For products where Amazon.com is the seller, it has about as many problems as anywhere else. Where Amazon.com is not the seller, it is like etsy or ebay, where the product listings themselves are completely unreliable. The #1 thing I hate about Amazon is how they mix third party items with items where they are the seller. However, third party has grown from 3% to 58% of sales on the site, so I don't see how they can get rid of it or fix it. https://qz.com/1592802/jeff-bezos-third-party-sellers-on-amazon-are-kicking-our-butt/ https://qz.com/1592802/jeff-bezos-third-party-sellers-on-ama...

onemoresoop 7y ago
I suspect that was a deliberate move to squeeze more profit in a quicker manner.