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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
I think Amazon IS responsible, considering they house the item, and ship it, I mean, they want to run all of our businesses for us, they should be held responsible for all ill effects.
They allowed china to send them products directly from china and Amazon didn’t care about its buyers safety and just stock them regardless.
It would be nice if the state law mentioned would at least be cited to give more clarity to the court’s decision.
The really sad part is that with all amazon’s money, they could have covered the insurance payout as a friendly gesture while not admitting guilt in any way. Assuming it would have cost them around maybe $250K or less, that wouldn’t even make a bump in Jeff’s pocket or Amazon’s bottom line.