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The whole Amazon Basics thing, cannibalizing sellers, should be illegal. It just victimizes people trying to make a living in a crap job market where online sal
by neycoda 3y ago
The whole Amazon Basics thing, cannibalizing sellers, should be illegal. It just victimizes people trying to make a living in a crap job market where online sales are closing street shops.
- hellojesus 3y agoHow does it victimize people? Sellers are offering a generic product without barriers to entry like trademark, patents. Somebody else notices and contracts the same manufacturer to produce it or finds someone else who will (or makes it themselves). The new entrant sells it for cheaper. All I see is basic economics. Business cannot stay afloat if their marginal cost exceeds marginal revenue. This is the best outcome for consumers.
- BizarroLand 3y agoAre business owners not people?
- hellojesus 3y agoClearly I included one too many words: How does it victimize?
- desert_rue 3y agoThe business takes a risk in developing and acquiring a product and Amazon uses the sales data and its platform to pick out winning products and undercut the price. The business is the victim.
- hellojesus 3y agoThe business should protect their product with a patent or other trademark then. Nobody is forcing people to provide Amazon data by selling products on Amazon. There is no victimhood if the business voluntarily transacts.