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Amazon must face US nationwide class action over third-party sales

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293 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 19:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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nosignono ◴[02 Sep 25 22:00 UTC] No.45109678[source]▶
> The consumers’ 2021 lawsuit said Amazon violated antitrust law by restricting third-party sellers from offering their products for lower prices elsewhere on rival platforms while they are also for sale on Amazon.

Holy shit, do Valve next! They do the exact same thing.

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1. toasterlovin ◴[02 Sep 25 22:46 UTC] No.45110104[source]▶
Every single major retailer does this. It's not collusion, it's just smart policy. Shelf space is insanely valuable. Retailers have customers walking around their stores (or making searches in Amazon's case) at the final step in the sales funnel. No retailer wants to get a customer that close to buying (often at considerable expense) then lose them because the brand either has weak channel price control or is trying to divert customers to their own website by offering a discount.