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If they "sell" 20,000 cheap knockoffs smartphones, but no one ships them, did they really sell them? Shipping is crucial to Amazon's business model. The last m

If they "sell" 20,000 cheap knockoffs smartphones, but no one ships them, did they really sell them? Shipping is crucial to Amazon's business model. The last mile problem is the vulnerable jugular of the e-commerce industry

viro 5y ago
Do you have the money still?
- wongarsu 5y ago
  Legally yes. Amazon isn't entitled to money for products they don't deliver.
  - klyrs 5y ago
    Even if 1% of the customers fail to demand a refund, this is profitable
    - wongarsu 5y ago
      If Amazon sells something they know they can't deliver, if even 0.1% of affected customers start pressing for fraud charges this becomes very unprofitable
La1n 5y ago
>Shipping is crucial to Amazon's business model. The last mile problem is the vulnerable jugular of the e-commerce industry This is also why dock-workers unions have historically been very powerful. https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/FoxHodess_berkeley_0028E_18228.pdf https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/FoxHodes...