Amazon Fires Its Colorado Associates
8th March 2010
I just got interesting email from Amazon: the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers […] We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states. The message goes on to say that they’ll pay out all the money they owe me but I won’t earn any more money for referring people to them.
This reminds me of the complaint by the Beggar at the beginning of Fiddler on a Roof:
‘Here’s one kopek.’
‘One kopek? Last week you gave me two kopeks.’
‘I had a bad week.’
‘So you had a bad week – why should I suffer?’