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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Way to miss the point. Amazon was still charging people for Prime membership, without offering or committing to Prime delivery.  That's the illegal part. They ship to that area using UPS, which is slower than the Amazon small van and contractor delivery.  You cannot charge people for a service and then not fulfill the service requirements. [/quote]

This. The AG is not "big mad" that Amazon decided not to use its in-house delivery service to these zip codes -- that's their prerogative. They are being sued because they used 3rd party delivery service which is lower without informing customers in these zip codes that they were not getting the same Prime service as customers in other areas. And he's arguing the harm was great in these zipcodes than it would have been elsewhere because these households are already underserved by services (grocery stores for instance) and so rely more heavily on Amazon for basic goods. Amazon exploited this need by collecting Prime memberships fees from these households, and advertising it's Prime service to these households, without disclosing that it doesn't actually offer true Prime services in these zip codes.

It's actually a pretty good case and if the AG can get Amazon to refund membership fees to these customers and pay restitution for the the fraudulent sale of Prime memberships, it benefits all consumers in DC by keeping Amazon accountable for delivering on its promises for Prime service. Prime gets more expensive every year and the company is clearly trying to find ways to avoid delivering on its promise. They should not be allowed to make these promises, collect fees, and then not deliver (literally).[/quote]

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