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

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293 points giuliomagnifico | 3 comments | 02 Sep 25 19:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.307s | source
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crazygringo ◴[02 Sep 25 20:09 UTC] No.45108350[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.

I've noticed that third-party sellers generally get around this by having the same list price on their own site, but basically offering everyone a coupon for 15-30% off. Not just for signing up for e-mails, but spinning a wheel that pops up a discount, items that are on sale 95% of the time, etc.

So while this may very well be anticompetitive of Amazon, at the same time it's generally something savvy sellers and savvy consumers have been able to get around easily for a long time.

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1. jazzyjackson ◴[02 Sep 25 23:50 UTC] No.45110614[source]▶
I immediately just click the back button when some spin wheel discount thing pops up, I just figured it was temu leaking. Thank you for explaining why they are doing this, tho I still wonder why it has to be gamified and not just, click here for a coupon, is it because the agreement with Amazon precludes them from offering coupons, but neglects to forbid casino games?
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2. crazygringo ◴[03 Sep 25 02:55 UTC] No.45111823[source]▶
I think it's just a psychological trick, I'm sure there's some statistic showing that if people think they won a larger discount by chance they're more likely to use it or something. I don't think there's any connection to Amazon, as some sites do just provide regular coupons.
3. kamarg ◴[03 Sep 25 04:06 UTC] No.45112172[source]▶
A lot of those things require you to give them your email to get the coupon. They could do that with a button as well but couldn't then follow up to let you know you didn't buy anything from them in 24hrs.