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Comment by stingraycharles

16 hours ago

I thought Amazon was selling quite a few items at a loss to undercut competition early on?

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ayewo  4 hours ago

They did in some instances, not all.

A notable example where they ate $ millions in losses is the Diapers.com story [1] [2].

[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...

[2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am...

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