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@sakaryasaski hayırlı olsun. Kocaali Kozluk mahallesinde iki gündür akşamları sular kesiliyor maalesef

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@sakaryasaski başarılar. Kocaali'nin Kozluk mahallesinde dünden beri yine su kesintisi var, inşallah bu çalışmaların köylere de etkisi olur

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@sakaryasaski çok güzel bir farkındalık çalışması olmuş. maalesef Kocaali Kozluk mahallesine dört gündür su verilmiyor. keşke bilgilendirme yapılsa herhangi bir kanaldan

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@sakaryasaski hayırlı olsun. kocaali kozluk'ta üç gündür suyumuz akmıyor

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@paulg wonderful word though

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@amasad having no limit on the Agent usage has been a tremendous accelerator. thanks a lot and here's to many more decades

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@MannyBernabe will hopefully get bookistan ready for deployment this time :) thanks for the free access @replit

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Amazon just got caught running a secret price manipulation operation with Levi's, Home Depot, Walmart, and many more.

Every time you "comparison shopped" online, you were looking at prices that were already rigged.

Here's what happened:

Amazon would monitor prices on Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Chewy in real time. The second a competitor listed a product cheaper than Amazon, they'd contact the brand directly and tell them to "fix it."

And the exact emails are now PUBLIC.

Amazon sent Levi's links to two Walmart listings with the subject line "styles of concern." They basically said the prices on Walmart are too low and we have a problem.

The next day, Levi's responded: "I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to ladder SPP price, $29.99 immediately."

Levi's literally called Walmart and told them to raise the price. Because Amazon told Levi's to make the call.

Walmart complied. Then Amazon matched the HIGHER price.

Both retailers ended up charging more. The customer paid extra. Nobody competed.

Same playbook with Hanes:

Amazon sent them links showing Target and Walmart prices were lower. Hanes confirmed they "reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased."

Target increased the prices. Walmart increased the prices. Amazon kept their margins.

But it gets even worse...

Amazon told Allergan (the company that makes eye drops) that their product was "suppressed" on Amazon because it was cheaper on another site.

Allergan responded: "Walmart got their price back up to $16.99." Amazon then unsuppressed the listing.

They did this with pet treats on Chewy. Furniture on Home Depot. Products across dozens of categories spanning YEARS.

The mechanism is simple but terrifying:

If you're a brand and you sell cheaper on Walmart than on Amazon, Amazon suppresses your product, removes you from the Buy Box, buries you in search results, and effectively makes you invisible to 300 million customers.

Brands can't afford that. So they call Walmart and Target and say "raise your prices or we'll lose our Amazon listings."

Walmart and Target comply because they need the brand's products.

Amazon captures 40 cents of every dollar spent online in America. That gives them the leverage to set prices across THE ENTIRE internet. Not just their own platform.

So turns out, you were never comparison shopping.

You were looking at a coordinated price floor set by Amazon through backroom phone calls between brands and their competitors.

"Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable."

3 separate antitrust trials are now scheduled for 2027. The FTC has its own case. 18 states plus the DOJ are piling on.

This is literally happening during the WORST affordability crisis in a generation. Groceries up 25% since 2020. Housing unaffordable. Wages flat.

And the largest ecommerce company on Earth has been secretly coordinating with brands to make sure you can't find a cheaper price ANYWHERE.

"Competition" in retail is just a fantasy.

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@jnovogratz my condolences🌻

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@MannyBernabe oh and a huge thanks for all the work you and @raymmar did

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@MannyBernabe congrats to all winners. my project was not eligible, but i've enjoyed the community in discord nevertheless. hope it stays active like that

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@MannyBernabe missed it live, because i was in a lecture. thanks for sharing

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@paulg older books with no isbn codes are a challenge. search by book cover is in the works...

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@paulg I'm building a tool with replit's Agent that determines a match score for a book based on previous reads & ratings to help me decide when I'm at a second hand book store: https://t.co/bzsfug9Z2e The scoring is based on author & genre atm, but I am planning to incorporate more inf

[Jehad Abusalim @JehadAbusalim]

An international coalition must be assembled to disarm Israel, secure the nuclear heads, and arrest its leaders.

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@mattyp all the best for the next part of your journey. thanks for the great content you put out

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@MannyBernabe @Franciscocrz @raymmar temporary landing page: https://t.co/GaQdmUBafW (bookistan is the working title)

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@MannyBernabe @Franciscocrz @raymmar excited to join this buildathon, because i need this tool in my life, helping me navigate second hand book shops better in the future

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@MannyBernabe @Franciscocrz @raymmar is joining the Discord server mandatory? Discord is banned here in Türkiye and I don't want to use a VPN just for this

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@RenatheS many hugs