Amazon sued for the Kindle 1 euro – Webnews

Amazon has been reported to ‘ Antitrust for Kindle Fire sold to a euro. The initiative comes from ‘ National Union of Consumers in that repents of’ eCommerce a possible incorrect practice . The 17 Mays , or last, Amazon, due to a technical problem, was selling its Kindle Fire fifth generation at a cost of one euro. decidedly below-offer in which many joined the repetition multiple purchases of the tablet pc.

However, the mistake is discovered, Amazon, after adjusting the selling price (59,99 € version with 8GB) has promptly canceled orders even if a part is still arrived in the homes of the buyers. Despite the eCommerce giant did apologize for the inconvenience, Amazon’s behavior is not like the National Union Consumers who complained Antitrust. According to Massimiliano Dona , Secretary-General of the National Consumers, in legal terms the order confirmation is sufficient to consider the contract valid, but in this case also be added a moral problem.

for Dona, in fact, they can not be consumers to pay for a technical problem eShop. In addition, the National Union of Consumers would have expected more from a company that does the availability to the consumer as its strong point, especially a few months after the sentencing that the Antitrust fined the company for misleading information on its website eCommerce.

Massimiliano Dona hopes, finally, that the ‘ Authority can resolve as soon as possible so as not to create a dangerous precedent in which any company can attributed to a technical failure of its negligence, downloading them on the shoulders of consumers.