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antiframe • today at 3:21 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I don't know. For years Amazon has had a fraudulent item listing problem to the point where it's hard to trust them. They have made no effort that I have seen to solve it. I mean, why would they, their sales haven't declined.

So, I am skeptical books will be any different than all those knock-off drop-shipped items.


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DarkUranium • today at 3:37 PM

I often trust AliEx more than Amazon these days. At least one of the two isn't pretending not to be what it is.

Plus Amazon has a long history of screwing over sellers. TL;DR if your product is actually successful, they'll make their own "Amazon Basics" version of your product, then deprioritize you (or even ban you over an excuse). They do this a lot. There's a lot more than just this, it's just an example.

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rtkwe • today at 3:33 PM

I'd say that's hard to judge from the top line sales numbers, their broad sales could remain fine even when they lose larger rare purchases if they're bringing in enough new customers that are fine with only buying the slop.