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"What if it hurts our reputation? Customers might flock to a competitor!" "Competitor?" entire board room bursts into laughter
by hbn 4y ago
"What if it hurts our reputation? Customers might flock to a competitor!"
"Competitor?"
entire board room bursts into laughter
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI did stop using Amazon years ago except as an Aliexpress alternative after I found out about commingling. I moved my business to Best Buy/Costco/Target/Walmart/Home Depot/Staples/etc. But the reason Amazon probably does not care about that because they have much better profit margin opportunities (AWS, Prime Video and Music, warehouse infrastructure as a service and delivery as a service).
- ehPReth 4y agoSame here for most things. There's no way I'll buy flash (SD cards, etc) storage from Amazon anymore. That was a sad day when I learned why stuff seemed to be dying more often than usual.
- hattmall 4y agoI feel like Microcenter is a good example of combatting this, they have cheap house brands of components, but they are legit and not the outright scams that propagate online marketplaces like Amazon.
- inferiorhuman 4y agoHate to break it to you but both Target and Walmart sell third-party goods too. So does DigiKey…
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI know, but as far as I know they do not commingle inventory.
- inferiorhuman 4y agoSo basically shit cake without the shit icing?
- lotsofpulp 4y agoHow?
- inferiorhuman 4y agoThe cake being acting as a storefront for third party vendors and the icing being commingling. On its own selling products on behalf of a third party vendor creates enough problems – especially with a vendor like DigKey where you might come to expect predictable pricing and availability.