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Judge: Amazon "cannot claim shock" that bathroom spycams were used as advertised

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It's pretty common for people taking a sport seriously to record themselves to improve their technique. So maybe competitive shitting?

I can't even fathom the rules for that - is it mass, texture, ease of departure? The mind boggles.

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Re: Judge: Amazon "cannot claim shock" that bathroom spycams were used as advertised

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Good. Amazon has been happy to rake in commissions for years from dodgy products sold by third party sellers (uncertified electrical equipment, scam flash drives/SSDs, spycams, etc) and then turn around and blame the marketplace sellers when the inevitable happens. Unlike eBay, Amazon goes to great lengths to sow confusion about what it sells versus its marketplace participants. The average user thinks that when they…

This has absolutely ANYTHING to do with the article. The customer is not complaining, the customer is the criminal here. But somehow, “Amazon bad”

Amazon is bad because:

> Amazon has been happy to rake in commissions for years from dodgy products sold by third party sellers (uncertified electrical equipment, scam flash drives/SSDs, spycams, etc)...

Re: Judge: Amazon "cannot claim shock" that bathroom spycams were used as advertised

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post #13

Good. Amazon has been happy to rake in commissions for years from dodgy products sold by third party sellers (uncertified electrical equipment, scam flash drives/SSDs, spycams, etc) and then turn around and blame the marketplace sellers when the inevitable happens. Unlike eBay, Amazon goes to great lengths to sow confusion about what it sells versus its marketplace participants. The average user thinks that when they…

The wild thing is, Amazon’s first-party offerings generally stand out well by itself! They don’t need to trick people with Marketplace junk. They could completely drop the marketplace and still be, IMO, the most useful shopping subscription. I can get my weekly groceries, soap, toilet paper, a TV, and socks with a handful of clicks. On my doorstep. The same day I click. No driving to a store, no walking around, just…

Amazon uses the marketplace and their intimate knowledge of the sellers' finances to algorithmically determine which products to knock off as one of their "first-party offerings", so eliminating their marketplace means eliminating a lot of their market research.
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