top | item 45479895 (no title) bschwarz | 4 months ago Amazon.de customer service has consistently been much better than anything else in Germany, so it's probably not the law. discuss order hn newest spwa4|4 months ago It's "loss leader", selling under the price to make your competitors go bankrupt, then use monopoly power.It's illegal under German law, EU law, and I'm sure it's also explicitly called out as illegal in at least 5 trade treaties Germany signed.Needless to say, like everything in the EU, it's only enforced against local companies, in this case German ones. mlrtime|4 months ago Or, it's easier for Amazon to have a consistent customer experience everywhere in the world. But that would make too much sense? load replies (1)
spwa4|4 months ago It's "loss leader", selling under the price to make your competitors go bankrupt, then use monopoly power.It's illegal under German law, EU law, and I'm sure it's also explicitly called out as illegal in at least 5 trade treaties Germany signed.Needless to say, like everything in the EU, it's only enforced against local companies, in this case German ones. mlrtime|4 months ago Or, it's easier for Amazon to have a consistent customer experience everywhere in the world. But that would make too much sense? load replies (1)
mlrtime|4 months ago Or, it's easier for Amazon to have a consistent customer experience everywhere in the world. But that would make too much sense? load replies (1)
spwa4|4 months ago
It's illegal under German law, EU law, and I'm sure it's also explicitly called out as illegal in at least 5 trade treaties Germany signed.
Needless to say, like everything in the EU, it's only enforced against local companies, in this case German ones.
mlrtime|4 months ago