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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Books Amazon Vs. Everybody, Part 2

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:25 PM

Apparently, according to Andrea on Amazon at the P.I., the U.S. Postal Service is investigating Amazon.com for as-yet-unspecified reasons.

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This was news a month ago.

It seems that her only update now is "I asked for more info and didn't get any."

Posted by stinkbug on March 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM

Kindles are being designated as WMD's

Weapons of Media Destruction

Posted by michael strangeways on March 11, 2009 at 4:22 PM

Jesus, talk about your top-notch investigative journalism. Let me see if I've got this straight: According to our fourth- or fifth-hand hearsay, something kinda-sorta might be happening, but we don't know what. Have I got that right?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on March 11, 2009 at 4:25 PM

I hear that they ship devices which illegally turn copywritten works into audio, contrary to the Berne Convention ...

Posted by Will in Seattle on March 11, 2009 at 4:45 PM

This is nuts. Amazon is one of the post office's best customers. Posties investigate and lose a large, reliable revenue stream? Never. Happen.

Posted by MyDogBen on March 11, 2009 at 5:45 PM

I knew I shouldn't have ordered that Peanut Butter of the Month Club shipment from Amazon ...

Posted by Mr. Obvious on March 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM

@4: so does Apple, Dell, HP....

Posted by Fnarf on March 11, 2009 at 6:12 PM

#5, Amazon doesn't use the postal service for the things they ship (except maybe uncommon exceptions. Amazon mostly uses UPS, which is why I don't use Amazon. Fuck UPS! I hope to never see one of those dumb yellow sticky notices or go to the UPS center in middleofnowhere ave, south Seattle to pick up a package again.

Posted by Usps foreva on March 11, 2009 at 9:40 PM