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But then brands could buy their own products back for cheaper and just get a real life infinite money glitch?
by maccam912 9mo ago
But then brands could buy their own products back for cheaper and just get a real life infinite money glitch?
- gus_massa 9mo agoIt looks like a good idea, this works better for refrigerators than pizza.
- dpark 9mo agoDon’t worry. If Amazon decided to undercut by selling at a loss, they would absolutely put it in their ToS that retailers cannot exploit this loophole and they would sue to enforce their ToS.
- mitthrowaway2 9mo agoThese manufacturers never signed any ToS, and the most Amazon could do to retaliate would be to de-list the product that they never asked to be listed in the first place.
- IgorPartola 9mo agoWhen the manufacturer buys their own product via Amazon’s service they would become subject to their TOS as a buyer.
- mitthrowaway2 9mo agoI guess they'll just have to use some service to buy for them instead. ;)
- niemandhier 9mo agoRetailers could put into their TOS that they are exempt from those clauses when buying things bought from them.
- dpark 9mo agoI like this. “By purchasing from us you agree that you cannot enforce your ridiculous terms of service and if you try, you also owe us a pony.”
- gcr 9mo agoThis actually happened to some restaurants who found their service on DoorDash. The restaurant owners were able to make a fine profit out of DoorDash’s arbitrage scheme.
- mitthrowaway2 9mo agoIndeed! Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23216852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23216852
- autoexec 9mo agoIt's worth pointing out that it only worked because doordash scraped their menu incorrectly (using AI maybe?) and used the price of a plain pizza for specialty pizzas. Also it was a trial period where they waved all their usual fees.