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shayway ◴[] No.45108426[source]
> Amazon argued that the class was too large to be manageable

Sorry, we've wronged too many people to be held accountable! What a wild argument.

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gruez ◴[] No.45108604[source]
Looking at Amazon's filings, the argument they made is the following:

>Given the unprecedented size of the proposed class consisting of 288 million members, the individualized issues on which their claims depend, and the overwhelming evidence that the challenged conduct resulted in lower prices in Amazon’s store, Plaintiffs have not—and cannot demonstrate that a class action would be manageable.

The "individualized issues" references arguments presented earlier in the filing. They also cite prior cases where class lawsuits have been denied certification because the class was too big to be manageable. You might disagree with Amazon's lawyers here, but it's unfair to characterize it as "we've wronged too many people to be held accountable". It's an "wild" argument because it's a strawman.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.29...

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1. MangoToupe ◴[] No.45109449[source]
> resulted in lower prices in Amazon’s store

lower than what?

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2. gruez ◴[] No.45109657[source]
Read the rest of the document from amazon, linked in my post.
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3. adrr ◴[] No.45109951[source]
Or increased prices outside of Amazon. If you sold a shirt from your own website with 10% in selling costs and also sold on FBA where Amazon takes ~30%, do you lower prices on Amazon to match the price on your site(not allowed) or do raise prices on your own store? Factor in your gross margins that you're trying to hit.
4. MangoToupe ◴[] No.45115614[source]
Surely you're joking. What? Why can't you just quote the relevant context?