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Amazon zShops
Can anyone expand on the pros and cons of zShops? As far as I can see they are sites provided by Amazon at which people can display items for sale, the items being directly linked to the Amazon pages for those items. What really puzzles me is why Amazon appears to be often cutting its own throat. For example, I have just been looking at a piece of Teach Yourself Spanish software which Amazon sells at £32.49. The page then links to the zShops page with a number of people selling it brand new (one even states 'Exactly as Amazon') for as low as £17.99. Even with p&p, this markedly undercuts Amazon. So, what is Amazon playing at, and are there any known problems with using these zShops? One other puzzling thing is that some sellers sometimes quote prices much higher than Amazon; how they expect to sell anything is beyond me.
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