I clearly see a path forward where competition will work.
I truly see an horrible path if government starts to put its big fingers everywhere and start causing all kinds of secondary market effects. When you look in hitory, it ALWAYS ends up being worse.
Nobody speaks about Walmart only sellers, that don't want to work with Amazon (as they are crazy with sellers).
Nobody speaks about Ebay sellers, nobody speaks about shopify only sellers. Nobody speaks about LOCAL sellers.
Those are all competitors than Amazon has no control over it.
Yes Amazon has a large distribution network, and competitor are starting to catch up from what I can see.
But anyway, what can I do other than expressing my disagreement ? I very well know we are going towards a gov intervention. I can only laugh in my corner, alone...
I was a eRetailer and I often lowered my prices accordingly to be more competitive than what was proposed by Amazon.
I ended making the sale because someone did not buy at Amazon.
Nobody forced me to raise prices at all. Amazon had no control at all on my prices. The market price is what is offered and what the customer is willing to pay.
If it's too expensive, nobody buys there.
I think we both get the point, except we think in different terms about the solution. I'd rather let the market works, have a transition towards competition which will eventually come down the line (5 to 10 years) than have big government try to solve the problem by making everything worse off.
Don't paint amazon subscribers as victims here. I am entirely satisfied of the time saved and the cost of Amazon products I buy.
The yelling comes from the Amazon sellers side, not from the customers.
There is plenty of competition for me to shop around, and if there are none, I'd rather buy from Amazon as I trust that they reduce the costs , fees and taxes effectively.
I would argue that the government should do less and not more. If they really want competition to grow, they could stop charging capital gains on every item a seller flip.
For example, when I was selling on Ebay, after the platform fees, the shipping fees, and the government taxes, it's just not worth it to enter the sector as a small guy.
I guess it is relevant to the "Amazon is an evil and monopolistic organisation" theme.
Maybe not relevant for the lawsuit specified in the report, they are certainly entitled to sue for any reason. But the classic theme still show its nose.
On an other note, if amazon has 128 million prime subscribers and they like the service, it is something politicians need to be aware if they still want to be elected.