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They gave their customers a 5 percent discount AND free shipping. Thank goodness that evil isn't allowed to continue.
by GeorgeOrr 13y ago
They gave their customers a 5 percent discount AND free shipping. Thank goodness that evil isn't allowed to continue.
- anon1385 13y agoThe 'evil' is how they treat their workforce.
- GeorgeOrr 13y agoAnd yet this bill has nothing to do with that. It just protects customers from a discount and free shipping. Thank goodness the government is looking out for the people of France and protecting them.
- anon1385 13y agoSo you agree that Amazon is an exploitative business that treats their employees like dirt. So why are you so keen to defend them? I have absolutely no sympathy for Amazon at all and I can't understand why anybody else would if they knew what the inside of an Amazon warehouse was like.
- GeorgeOrr 13y agoI'd be all for worker protection laws. That has however nothing to do with this article.
- pfisch 13y agoWould you prefer it if the warehouses were staffed by robots instead? I'm sort of serious but I am sympathetic to your viewpoint because those warehouses are as close as you can get to a legal sweatshop in a 1st world country.
- LanceH 13y agoAmazon is good because they are paying and treating their employees better than any of the options those people previously had.
- icebraining 13y agoSo what happens when a non-exploitative business tries to sell books at a low price?
- shiftpgdn 13y agoA mono-culture is never healthy for an environment. Letting Amazon destroy all competitors would eventually allow for a monopolistic business. Where do you think book prices are going to go once Barnes and Noble finally bankrupts?
- mseebach 13y agoProtecting market incumbents from competition isn't exactly great for an environment either.
- gutnor 13y agoFrance is selling globally (tourism) its atmosphere, lifestyle and culture. Cities around Europe are spending enormous amount of money to revitalise their city centers after the devastation caused by huge mall and supermarket built in the 80's. So that make sense for the country to try to preserve them before they are destroyed. Also considering the simultaneous threat coming from the ebook that is also not such a bad idea to give physical shop some breathing space to adjust their business model. From France perspective again, it is choosing between having to pay social security to those failing business owners with tax money, or let Amazon clients foot the bill instead. So depending at what level you look at: Book Market, Global Economy, US Economy or France Economy, there are many readings you can have.
- GeorgeOrr 13y agoIt makes me wonder, does anyone know if the Model T customers where charged a Buggy Whip welfare fund surcharge? Just curious.
- gutnor 13y agoModel T vs Buggy Whip is a radical change. The closest that could apply to this case would be EBook vs Physical book. But that's not what this is about. France has a regulated market for book. When stuff happen, like a player that manage to dodge the regulation thanks to specific circumstances, regulation need changing. If you want to wonder about something, wonder why does France regulate book market ?