On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:58:28 -0400, Paul
wrote:

And some don't add value. That would be Amazon and Ebay.

Negatory that. Ebay's Chinese representation is nowhere near the
leeway Amazon contracts as the middleman jobber. Although, and aside,
to entirely ignore instances and residual of a present climate of
fierce in-between competitiveness, where Ebay or, vis-a-vis Amazon,
are is known to directly contact the other's sellers and attempt to
lure them across the platforms for profit enticements.

Below which, enters a dragon of Ebay Chinese marketing -- as one
nefariously permitted the same window as operative consumer protection
laws -- whereas Amazon shores that in with transport carrier
adherances for those very laws;- Ebay, furthermore, has currently all
but negated live representation to override automated Web-centric
means to instigate a dispute. I have personally seen claims imposed,
within Ebay's practices, upon requirement of a valid credit card
initially processed, (a token charge and refund), before Ebay will
pick up a phone with an human operative behind it;- A convenient
touch, no doubt, with their website grievance a regular horrorshow of
accountability skewed against the consumer.

All of which, conversely, and although priced and skewed to account at
some higher distributional expense rate, at the personal level of
committed customer satisfaction, Amazon at least attempts to claim, is
overall by magnitudes at a higher level of protectionalism. And most
certainly well within under a 90-day transaction, overall, (Ebay would
permit Chinese merchants to egregiously contract through them for
(sic) 90-day as "reasonable" to shipping times), no less to access
protection laws if and for "kicking it up one" to the customer credit
card representation for fraudulent activities. Of course I might
personally fear, on one hand, depending on how hard I can indeed kick,
of kicking myself entirely of Fleabay's dog-&-pony show for calling in
credit card's representation;- whereas, from the other hand, there's
always hope of contravening forces to intervene, short of a prayer or
perhaps the class-action lawsuit.

Now, how much business do you think I've done with
Amazon since then, after such shabby treatment ? Zero!

Thing about Amazon is media routing, in one instance, they're all
nevertheless using -- from consumer grade sites, actual consumers
frequent, with freedom of speech to voice **** from shinola, over
products, in turn advertised, by all WEB businesses that know to also
go to to advertise their merchandise presence. Where, in occasions
more or less lengthily between, Amazon may just happen to show up with
no less with an ass-kicker of a deal. (When that distinction happens
on Ebay, however, it is not of fleabay's interests, but the merchant's
interest, who invariably list their presence and identity (for such
reasons as what they may be to do so), that is through Ebay, that they
are addressing potential customers to visit to make a transaction.
E.g., it's the Chinese merchants at present abusing the 90-day
consumer protectionalism that, really, Ebay should know better than to
facilitate.)