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Originally Posted by CommonReader
- predatory pricing, i.e. selling blow cost. Amazon sold ebooks at 9.99, less than what they paid for them. A well known way to force weaker competitors out of the market. Just try to be accused of that as a foreign steel producer in the US and hear the high pitched yells of outrage emanating from Washington.
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Some, yes -- bestsellers used as loss-leaders. Loss-leaders do not drive competitors out of business.
http://the-digital-reader.com/2013/0...fendant-today/
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- delisting products if demands aren't met and clauses that prevent producers to sell at a better price to anyone else. Acceptable for a normal retailer but no for one that controls the market.
But obviously, if you aren't willing to look then you aren't going to find anything.
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You have pulled that statement out of your hat -- where is it said that the underdog gets preferential treatment?
And where did this drivel come from? "delisting products if demands aren't met" -- are you suggesting that Hachette can force Amazon to sell their books? That is what a contract is for -- a contractual obligation
obligates you to do something. Because you signed a piece of paper legally agreeing that you had to. Amazon has no contract, that is the whole point. They are not
obligated to do anything.