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[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Somehow it happens even more often with small businesses

"Somehow"… amazon forcing all sellers on their platform to give them the best price or risk being delisted

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

This is why you see SKU numbers like 301710-A and 301710-B and the products appear identical.

They "give" Amazon the best price for 301710-A but they sell B on their website for the price they want. The physical retailers also like them because if they match prices - no they don't - it's not identical.

[-] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Kind of like the old black friday scam that pretty much every retailer uses to prevent pricing matching, just have a slightly different store only specific SKU.

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