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  Yuleno

  Now this is a very interesting matter.But surely,in a capitalist globe,it is an expected manifestation.
  Now the question is,does the state interfere or is it the Market that will correct.

  Jan 31st, 2012 - 01:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Teaboy2

  Its not a matter of the state interfering (though i guess your used to that in argentina) its a matter of law itself, and most western laws make it clear that such actions are in breach of anti competition laws. Not only that, businesses have the right to sell their products at a price of their own choosing and not at the choosing of another company who has no ownership of said products.
  
  Amazon is merely providing an online service to other companies allowing them to sell their products via amazon, where amazon already charge a percentage of the sale value for each order placed as well as a monthly subscription charge for using amazon merchant services. So there is no need for amazon to tell people they are not to sell their items at lower prices elsewhere. Its a clear breach of competition laws by amazon, in a vein attempt to stop companies selling their products elsewhere at lower prices then they have listed on amazon.

  Jan 31st, 2012 - 03:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Yuleno

  Your being very simplistic in this matter.Amazon know that small companies use them to gain business and they can exclude them from their site if they want to.There's no question of competition law involved.This is Internet trading

  Jan 31st, 2012 - 09:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Teaboy2

  Really yuleno, i think you will find the big boys use amazon too. Not only that most sellers on amazon also have their own websites, where many of their product pages are ranked higher in the search engines then that of the amazon pages of the same products. How do i know that, well i happen to be the owner of a company that sells on amazon and from my own website as well as from offline sales. You then have google shopping too, where many of the sellers on amazon also sell including myself, this simply a measure used by amazon to get sellers to offer their lowest prices on amazon rather than on their own websites or on other shopping sites or shopping search engines, purely so they can increase their income on the fees they charge for each purchase made via amazon of a sellers product.
  
  So unless you sell on amazon yourselve, which i very much doubt it, then i suggest you shut up as you clearly have no idea what your talking about, let alone any idea about anti competition and fair trade laws that make such actions by amazon unlawful.

  Feb 01st, 2012 - 12:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Yuleno

  What if I tell you that I sell via amazon amongst other sites teaboy.Would that mean that like you I also know what I'm talking about but that I have a different perspective.
  I think you'll find that amazon do not have to sell my product if they don't want to and that they are not price fixing,by saying that my product will only be sold on amazon if it's price is not inflated.Nothing wrong with that in law,not to my knowledge.So why the fuss?Because it is using it's position in a detrimental way and would lead to monopolistic advantage.You know,big business man,a Market position that is non-competitive,the natural tendency of capitalism.
  That why your office of fair trading is concerned.But you,of course,being a Brit,know better don't you.ha ha a real Brit

  Feb 01st, 2012 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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