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No - the obvious play here is for Amazon to undercut the original vendors by 15%, sell at a loss until all of the sales go through Amazon, and then pressure the
by duk3luk3 8mo ago
No - the obvious play here is for Amazon to undercut the original vendors by 15%, sell at a loss until all of the sales go through Amazon, and then pressure the vendors into cutting their pricing and becoming suppliers subservient to and dependent on Amazon, allowing Amazon to become a middle-man dipping into the revenue stream.
- maccam912 8mo agoBut then brands could buy their own products back for cheaper and just get a real life infinite money glitch?
- gus_massa 8mo agoIt looks like a good idea, this works better for refrigerators than pizza.
- dpark 8mo 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 8mo 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 8mo agoWhen the manufacturer buys their own product via Amazon’s service they would become subject to their TOS as a buyer.
- mitthrowaway2 8mo agoI guess they'll just have to use some service to buy for them instead. ;)
- niemandhier 8mo agoRetailers could put into their TOS that they are exempt from those clauses when buying things bought from them.
- dpark 8mo 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 8mo 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 8mo agoIndeed! Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23216852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23216852
- autoexec 8mo 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.
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