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Amazon, Amid Crackdown on Seller Scams, Fires Employees Over Data Leak

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Post by plankers »

roymurdock wrote: post #104
plankers wrote: post #93

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If uber/lyft are pure efficiency plays, then why do they have their own programs to finance the purchase of new cars just so people can drive for uber/lyft? By the same token, but much harder to substantiate, why are people buying property just to rent it out with airbnb? The negative externalities are there. You just have to know where to look.

neither of those examples are negative externalities the heart and core of each company is just more efficient matching with less regulation and more technology between renters and owners of capital

People buying new cars is bad for the environment. Houses being bought up solely be rented out by the day drives up housing prices for people who actually want to live in those neighborhoods. Come on, dude.

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Post by CountSessine »

liveoneggs wrote: post #163
CountSessine wrote: post #157

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Once I actually manage to get a cab, after the bars have closed and I've been waiting 3 hours or more, I can always be certain they'll putter me down Hastings street when Prior street would get me home a full 15 minutes faster. Taxis suck hard.

what happens if you refuse to pay?

Then I get dropped off outside the Ivanhoe in a sketchy part of town in the middle of the night.

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Post by binarysolo »

strictnein wrote: post #167
zjaffee wrote: post #129

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It's also worth noting that people don't think of the externalized cost of actually getting to the store verses getting these things shipped. If you have to drive a mile each way just to get that one extra item, the amount your saving from not ordering online is insignificant.

Retail price at Target, Walmart, etc on this is ~$2.89 a bottle. On Amazon it's the "Amazon Choice" for $13.97 for two bottles. https://www.amazon.com/Formula-409-Purpose-Cleaner-Bottles/d... You can get the normal retail prices on all this stuff and still shop online. You just can't do that on Amazon any more.

Yep, Target.com is 2.89 with $25 free ship https://www.target.com/p/formula-409-powerful-all-purpose-cl... -- but for what its worth, the online stores are mostly loss-leaders for the big department/grocery stores trying to stay relevant against Amazon.

https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/23/investing/target-earnings/i...

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Post by CamelCaseName »

bloopernova wrote: post #178
CamelCaseName wrote: post #177

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You want to know the best way, in my experience, to see if an Amazon seller is legitimate? Check if their seller name is trademarked with the USPTO. Trademarks take 9 months to get, and aren't necessary to sell on Amazon, but a real business will usually trademark its name.

That sounds like a Firefox/Chrome extension waiting to be written ;)

Huh. Great idea. I'll let you know when it's done.
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