In what world does this not just become a contractually required insurance policy covering Amazon, paid for by the third party.
Granted, whoever pays in name, the cost will be passed on to consumers.
Granted, whoever pays in name, the cost will be passed on to consumers.
At least, it incentivizes Amazon to chase the culprits. The question is whether that incentive is big enough for them to fix / improve things.
"Pay as little as possible for quality assurance, down to a floor of $0"
to
"Pay as little as possible for quality assurance, down to a floor of $whatever number would convince a court that we made a good faith effort to prevent knockoffs."
As Amazon customer, who had its fair share of bad experiences with items in recent years, I'm ok with prices going up. I've never used Amazon because of the prices, but because of comfort and safety. I'm willing to pay extra to get this back.