They put a lot of local retail out of business.
KiloGex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Don’t order from Amazon. Easy fix.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
KiloGex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Working for a small business, Amazon has absolutely allowed for the collapse of local retail. But let’s be real, people put local retail out of business. People chose convenience over community. They’d rather have it delivered to their door, or to their trunk, instead of actually taking the time to walk into a store that’s not a Target or Walmart.
Shayeta@feddit.org 2 days ago
Hold sellers accountable. Actual fix.
k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I personally believe the platform provider needs to be accountable because they take a cut for the convenience and safety of the transaction.
mill_city@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I think, if the seller used Amazon shipping, it’s not actually the seller’s fault. Doesn’t Amazon pool all items from the same SKU together from all sellers and ship whatever they can get to the buyer the fastest/cheapest?
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yes. If you sell on amazon, and have amazon fulfill the shipping… you ship your stuff to amazon, and its just put in teh big pool with all the other items of the same kind.
Even returns get put back into the pool.
its the absolute most pants on head stupid fucking way possible to manage inventory to the point that shit like this seems almost intentionally designed for rather than a consequence of.
KiloGex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My boss used to sell on Amazon, until one time they royally screwed him over using this method. He had a product where he was given exclusive online rights to sell. Somehow it disappeared in the Amazon warehouse, but at least they provided a refund. Less than a week later, the same product showed up back on Amazon under a first time seller.