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Amazon sold me a drive and it came with data
- k310 3y agoreddit wants a login. Bye
- Hackbraten 3y agoMaybe it’s the wrong URL? This one looks alright: https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/181241a/amazon_sold_me_a_drive_it_came_with_data_on_it/ https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/181241a/amazon_sol...
- k310 3y agoThat works, thanks.
- jajag 3y agoA link to the actual post: https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/181241a/amazon_sold_me_a_drive_it_came_with_data_on_it/ https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/181241a/amazon_sol...
- billybuckwheat 3y agoMaybe it's the eye strain I'm experiencing today, but there's no indication of whether the poster bought the drive from Amazon (the company) or from an Amazon Seller. If it was the latter, then I'm not surprised something like this happened. I've heard from friends, and read about, some dodgy sellers doing some dodgy things.
- JohnFen 3y agoIn my view, it doesn't much matter whether it's "from Amazon" or "from an Amazon Seller". It's all through Amazon's platform, where Amazon has control, and therefore it's all Amazon.
- jethronethro 3y agoI doubt that Amazon cares as long as a) the company's still getting its cut, and 2) there isn't a torrent of complaints against the seller.
- billybuckwheat 3y agoTrue, to a point. But how much control can Amazon exercise over what dodgy sellers sell (as long as it's not a human organ or living creature)? Sure, Amazon can kick them off the platform but by then, it's too late and the damage is done.
- JohnFen 3y agoIf Amazon was good about kicking off dodgy sellers, then there would be fewer sellers trying to be dodgy. Regardless, it's their store and so they're responsible for what takes place in it.
- billybuckwheat 3y agoAs another posted wrote, I doubt Amazon really cares about the dodgy ones until they're no longer an income stream or until they get a pile of complaints about one.