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While this would probably work, it seems insane to me that this would be the only thing to protect his listing from a completely different category of product b
by hhh 5y ago
While this would probably work, it seems insane to me that this would be the only thing to protect his listing from a completely different category of product being merged with another.
- Accujack 5y agoYou're not wrong. Because Amazon's system is insane unless you realize it's designed only for the benefit of the corporation, not for any kind of fairness or quality.
- krferriter 5y agoThe success of Amazon retail is in part because of the ~feature~ of seamless, rampant IP infringement and zero legal or financial liability on the part of Amazon for making money off it.
- greyhair 5y agoWhich has gotten worse over time, and one of the several reasons why my Prime membership will not renew this year.
- cbsmith 5y agoWhat's unfortunate is that ideally fairness & quality should be in the interests of the marketplace.
- cwkoss 5y agoHas there been a study on the volume of counterfeit goods flowing through amazon's marketplace? Seems likely they are now the #1 seller of counterfeit goods globally, by a decent margin.
- nr2x 5y agoI’ll bet a six pack of decent beer the % of all sales that are counterfeit goods is double digits.
- spacemark 5y ago...or the fact that the only way to get this information is a HN comment from an independent Amazon consultant.
- freeopinion 5y agoLet's say that Acme is a low-down, dirty-rotten, rip-off con who has been usurping somebody else's trademark to make a quick buck with counterfeit merchandise. Why would Amazon merge the reviews of that product with the reviews of the authentic, high-quality, reputable Chinese vendor's actual product? Why does Amazon allow a "color" to point to a product from a completely different seller? Why does Amazon allow product aliases at all?