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Amazon needs to breakup its own sales vs warehouse/shipping business if it wants to be able to do things like that. Otherwise it can do sly things like sell th

by ck2 2y ago

Amazon needs to breakup its own sales vs warehouse/shipping business if it wants to be able to do things like that. Otherwise it can do sly things like sell things to itself for distribution and then not be responsible. Is "Amazon Resale" then not responsible for recalls? One thing about Walmart, if there's a recall for an item they sold, you just bring it back to their customer service desk and they do a full refund. There was a DVD player I had bought a decade earlier that was apparently bursting into flames for some people so recalled, I just brought it back there used and worn out and full refund. Of course if Amazon wins this, well Walmart is going to also stop doing it.

autobodie 2y ago
> Amazon needs to breakup its own sales vs warehouse/shipping business if it wants to be able to do things like that. According to the fundamental dictates of capitalism, you have this backwards.
- gruez 2y ago
  >According to the fundamental dictates of capitalism [...] And what's that? vertical integration? that's hardly a "fundamental dictate". A few decades ago vertically integrated conglomerates (think GE) were going the way of the dodo, with "core competency" being the new MBA buzzword.
  - autobodie 2y ago
    Larger companies with more profit have more political influence. This is fundamental. The fads you describe are just that. Tides of destruction are inevitable, but the fundamentals remain true. You're missing the forest for the trees.
    - Supermancho 2y ago
      > This is fundamental This is fundamental to a frame you made up. Then you wax on with more nonsense about a nihilistic "Tides of destruction are inevitable". This stance is not insightful or constructive. Figuratively throwing your hands up and walking away because the sun eventually goes out, is a personal choice. Plenty of economies lasted a lot longer than the US one or continue on after crises. You're missing the trees for the forest of regular commerce that all people navigate and benefit from, including you.
techjamie 2y ago
> Of course if Amazon wins this, well Walmart is going to also stop doing it. Usually in the event of recalls, the store gets 100% credit back when we ship the item. I'm not sure how it goes at a company level, but if the store is getting full credit, then usually that means the company isn't footing the bill, and probably the manufacturer is. The only thing that'd come of Walmart stopping it would be bad press.

by ck2 2y ago

autobodie 2y ago

> Amazon needs to breakup its own sales vs warehouse/shipping business if it wants to be able to do things like that. According to the fundamental dictates of capitalism, you have this backwards.

gruez 2y ago
>According to the fundamental dictates of capitalism [...] And what's that? vertical integration? that's hardly a "fundamental dictate". A few decades ago vertically integrated conglomerates (think GE) were going the way of the dodo, with "core competency" being the new MBA buzzword.
- autobodie 2y ago
  Larger companies with more profit have more political influence. This is fundamental. The fads you describe are just that. Tides of destruction are inevitable, but the fundamentals remain true. You're missing the forest for the trees.
  - Supermancho 2y ago
    > This is fundamental This is fundamental to a frame you made up. Then you wax on with more nonsense about a nihilistic "Tides of destruction are inevitable". This stance is not insightful or constructive. Figuratively throwing your hands up and walking away because the sun eventually goes out, is a personal choice. Plenty of economies lasted a lot longer than the US one or continue on after crises. You're missing the trees for the forest of regular commerce that all people navigate and benefit from, including you.

techjamie 2y ago

> Of course if Amazon wins this, well Walmart is going to also stop doing it. Usually in the event of recalls, the store gets 100% credit back when we ship the item. I'm not sure how it goes at a company level, but if the store is getting full credit, then usually that means the company isn't footing the bill, and probably the manufacturer is. The only thing that'd come of Walmart stopping it would be bad press.