[maccam912]

But then brands could buy their own products back for cheaper and just get a real life infinite money glitch?

[gcr]

This actually happened to some restaurants who found their service on DoorDash. The restaurant owners were able to make a fine profit out of DoorDash’s arbitrage scheme.

[mitthrowaway2]

Indeed! Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23216852

[dpark]

Don’t worry. If Amazon decided to undercut by selling at a loss, they would absolutely put it in their ToS that retailers cannot exploit this loophole and they would sue to enforce their ToS.

[niemandhier]

Retailers could put into their TOS that they are exempt from those clauses when buying things bought from them.

[mitthrowaway2]

These manufacturers never signed any ToS, and the most Amazon could do to retaliate would be to de-list the product that they never asked to be listed in the first place.

[gus_massa]

It looks like a good idea, this works better for refrigerators than pizza.