Toys 'R' Us Wins Suit Against Amazon

theodp writes "Having prevailed in its bitter lawsuit against Amazon.com, Toys 'R' Us will create a new and independent Web site. A NJ judge found Amazon breached its agreement and ordered the two companies to sever their partnership Thursday. In a 131-page opinion, the judge termed Amazon's attempts to throw out e-mail evidence on the grounds that Internet communications lack reliability 'incomprehensible' and took a dim view of the testimony of some Amazon execs, including CEO Jeff Bezos' candor and 'rather childlike' explanations."

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[phantomfive]

I didn't realize that Toys R' Us was in a lawsuit with Amazon. Seems back in 2000 they agreed to work together in the online world with a 10 year contract. Toys 'R Us thought they had an exclusive contract with Amazon, but when Amazon started selling things from other retailers Toys 'R Us wanted out (understandably). Amazon tried to force them to stay.

Rather lousy thing to do if you ask me. Good business is about building mutually beneficial partnerships, not about beating up your neighbor and taking his lunch money. If I owned a company I would be wary of doing business with Amazon.

In other news: Shopping online unreliable!

[PC-PHIX]

Amazon's attempts to throw out e-mail evidence on the grounds that Internet communications lack reliability

Wah?

I hope I am not the only person that thinks this is a total contradiction!

Yes, shop online with us... Sure, purchase goods using the Internet... Absolutely, we can email you a new password/invoice/receipt number... Use email to communicate for business purposes - you must be F&*king crazy!!!!

If I tried to explain why, in this day and age, when running an entire business empire online, I considered "Internet communications" unreliable, I think my efforts would end up "incomprehensible" too!