I mean....yes this is despicable behavior, but did anyone really expect otherwise? Why would you sell your product on a website which can be your competitor, granting it access to all of your sales metrics and customers? I most definitely don't want to 'blame the victim' here, but any third-party sellers on Amazon should understand the fundamental irrationality and danger of their decision to do so
Isn't it more about whether it is illegal rather than whether it is done in bad-trust?
If you worked for Amazon, I suspect you would push very close to the line of legality in order to maximise profits, which makes you look dirty but doesn't necessarily get you in court.
The problem for me, perhaps like many, is that there are just too many things that I can easily find on Amazon that are much harder to find elsewhere. I don't believe they are particularly ethical but I also don't want to spend hours looking around different sites when everything is on Amazon.
> The problem for me, perhaps like many, is that there are just too many things that I can easily find on Amazon that are much harder to find elsewhere.
Like what? Ebay, Alibaba, Etsy, Newegg, Abebooks...these seemingly cover most use-cases...
I feel like there are plenty of other e-retailers which allow you to sell your product on their platform, which are not in the business of selling competing products that they manufacture themselves. Ebay obviously comes to mind, followed by outfits like Etsy, etc.
