Amazon Patents Bad Service For Bad Customers

mikesd81 writes "Techdirt reports that Amazon has been awarded a patent for Generating Current Order Fulfillment Plans Based on Expected Future Orders. Essentially, if Amazon deems that you won't be a long time customer or ordering again soon, your order will take longer to be expedited."

Waitaminute

[Smidge204]

This could be a blessing in disguise!

If another retailer takes forever and a day to ship your stuff, they open themselves up to a patent infringement suit!

This could be a boon for internet shoppers everywhere...
=Smidge=

Re:In other words ...

[base3]

Better hurry--and be sure it says "on the Internet" so it's patentable.

Re:In other words ...

[the_lesser_gatsby]

Too late. But "on a mobile phone" is still available.

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sheep

[Anomalyst]

be a sheep and follow the herd

Always safer to hide amongst the elk or elephants, they are much more capable of mounting a defense. Hanging around a flock can be shear ;) horror.