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Amazon Cuts Off North Carolina Affiliates

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the court-of-public-opinion dept.

Amazon.com has reportedly cut off all affiliates in North Carolina as a preemptive response to the sales tax change being pushed through the state legislature. The Seattle-based online retailer warned affiliates last week that such a move might be necessary, but the early shutoff seems to be a move in hopes of swaying opinion on the proposed legislation. "Local affiliates say they were 'blind-sided' by the company's action. 'I got this e-mail at 4:30 this morning,' said James Barrett, a technology consultant from Winston-Salem. 'It wasn't saying your account will be shut down. It said it is shut down. That just blew me up right there.' Barrett said that he is frustrated at lawmakers for considering the tax, but equally aggravated with Amazon. 'They're trying to tick off all their associates and get them to call down to Raleigh,' Barrett said. 'I think that is pretty tacky. That's not the way to use people who are referring business to your business.'"

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  1. Re:That's the real meaning of "voting with your fe by infinite9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    amazon has feet?

    Yes. They are unde-feet-ed.

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  2. Re:That's the real meaning of "voting with your fe by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, of course. They sell everything.

  3. Re:blindsided? by LotsOfPhil · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only thing that would make New Jersey nicer is less New Jerseyans.

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  4. Re:Are Online Retailers Going to Contribute or Not by JesseMcDonald · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you need to make your sarcasm a bit more obvious. Someone might get the impression that you actually agreed with NC on this issue. That would, of course, be utterly ridiculous--but given the kinds of people one meets online it's hard to be certain, and not every detects sarcasm well.

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  5. Re:That's the real meaning of "voting with your fe by fracai · · Score: 3, Funny

    amazon has feet? are they for sale?

    They were, but they've been soled.

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  6. Re:Actually, I think it's a great tactic by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem is our leaders don't have enough affairs. North Carolina should have taken a page from their neighbors to the South, where the governor was so *ahem* happy (satisfied?) that he didn't want any more money from anybody. This is mainly a problem of the normal monogamous sanctified relationship.

    Clinton balanced the budget too.

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  7. Re:What about NY? JUST DO IT! by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where was Amazon when New York passed a similar law? I guess cutting off the entirety of NYC from Amazon.com would prove to be too costly,

    Maybe now that they've found their manhood again they will cut off NY once the legal challenges play out. I'd like to see it happen long enough to stop this from spreading any further. States are copycats about this kind of crap.

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  8. Re:That's the real meaning of "voting with your fe by db10 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm that sounds fishy.

  9. Re:That's the real meaning of "voting with your fe by Beer_Smurf · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's true, I have often found it takes a lot more Lysol to kill a legislator than it does to kill mildew."

    I think this warrants extensive testing just to be sure.