<story><title>Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Purge of Small Wholesale Suppliers</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-28/amazon-is-poised-to-unleash-long-feared-purge-of-small-suppliers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_red</author><text>No one ever talks about eBay anymore....but when are we going to collectively realize that they are the best of the &amp;quot;big tech&amp;quot; companies?&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;ve stayed remarkable true to their mission, haven&amp;#x27;t entered politics (ironic given previous CEO), and continued to offer a good service.&lt;p&gt;Since the commingling of inventory is now so prevalent at Amazon, I find myself using eBay more and more.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bredren</author><text>The best big tech company?&lt;p&gt;Maybe presently people have no major beefs with the organization.&lt;p&gt;But there have been more than enough negative actions by this company in the past including:&lt;p&gt;Suing craigslist (and losing) for breach of fiduciary duty because it wouldn&amp;#x27;t exploit its users enough. This was knowing that the shares were acquired in conflict with the ownership and mission of craigslist.&lt;p&gt;eBay tried to get inside information from Craigslist while it was secretly preparing release of Kijiji.[1]&lt;p&gt;eBay has been facilitating the sale of counterfeit items long before Amazon. Many sellers were upset by the requirement to use PayPal anded even acted to ban use of competing services.&lt;p&gt;So while the heat may be on Amazon, I would hold off on elevating eBay to some superior ethical position.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;SB120959923436057759&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;SB120959923436057759&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Purge of Small Wholesale Suppliers</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-28/amazon-is-poised-to-unleash-long-feared-purge-of-small-suppliers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_red</author><text>No one ever talks about eBay anymore....but when are we going to collectively realize that they are the best of the &amp;quot;big tech&amp;quot; companies?&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;ve stayed remarkable true to their mission, haven&amp;#x27;t entered politics (ironic given previous CEO), and continued to offer a good service.&lt;p&gt;Since the commingling of inventory is now so prevalent at Amazon, I find myself using eBay more and more.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mortenjorck</author><text>Amazon is a sprawling complex of market stalls masquerading as a single Costco, while Ebay is a sprawling complex of market stalls that makes no pretensions of being something else.</text></comment>