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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday October 26 2017, @02:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-use-whining dept.

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Amazon Wine is shutting down at the end of this year, the retailer has just alerted sellers via email. The issue at hand has to do with the existing laws surrounding alcohol sales, which Amazon has unsuccessfully tried to change by working with regulators. The existing laws make it difficult for Amazon to sell alcohol as a retailer and operate a marketplace. That's something that's even more of a conflict now that Amazon owns Whole Foods, which also sells wine, not to mention Amazon's plans to expand its alcohol delivery business through Prime Now and Amazon Fresh.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/amazon-wine-is-shutting-down/


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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @03:55AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @03:55AM (#587695)

    When marijuana is legalized everywhere and weed is sold at Whole Foods, you people will still find a way to make it illegal for me. That is what you do. You motherfuckers.

    Funny story. When I was in college, referendums were held to ask students whether the school should make a deal with the city for free bus rides for students. Of course the referendum passed. Because it passed, they had a second referendum which was rigged to fail. The second referendum passed anyway. Students got their free bus rides. I voted in both referendums. Did I ever get my free bus rides? Of course not. You motherfuckers.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:07AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:07AM (#587697)

    I love your bitter and antisocial tales. You are making winners out of all of us.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:44AM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:44AM (#587704)

      This AC went to Market, and flubbed it badly, and so this AC went "Wee, Wee WEE!" All the way home. And then the Wolf huffed, and clouded, and puffed, and blew you. Metaphorically, of course. So, what was the topic, again?

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:53AM (4 children)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:53AM (#587707) Journal

        So, what was the topic, again?

        Focus, mate, will yea? We were taking about weed on Amazon.
        You get it know?
        ...
        Of course you don't get it, it's not available yet.

        --
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:40AM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:40AM (#587728)

          But, you know, having an Eastern European Ex-pat telling me to "Focus, Mate" , is just like tossing ma digerridoo into the old billibong! You call that a knife? Australian wine is very fine, for them's have know no others!

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:49AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:49AM (#587730)

            Australian wine is very fine, for them's have know no others!

            Problem solved by immigration, many of them have nown other wine.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:04AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:04AM (#587756)

            It's billabong, your limnology looks tired.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:50AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @11:50AM (#587767)

              your limnology looks tired.

              One thinks the proper word would be "lagoonary"

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @01:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @01:41PM (#587795)

    Just because everyone wants something, it doesn't mean it's a good idea (see Communism).