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Old 01-19-2018, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Queen Creek, AZ
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Amazon doesn't want to go to place that's called the Mississippi of the West. The reasons are many and obvious why Jeff Bezos skipped past AZ. It was probably the first place eliminated.
By your argument, liberal cities such as San Francisco and Portland wouldn't have been eliminated.
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Old 01-19-2018, 07:40 AM
 
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I love how Phoenix is flying under so many posters radar, we didn’t bend over and offer amazon Billions in tax breaks that will probably take 25+ years to recoup, of course we weren’t a finalist.

Meanwhile here’s what just the downtownPhoenix area has done-

The number of high-tech companies in the area has increased from 67 to 281 over the last five years, a growth of more than 300 percent.

“It’s fantastic for Phoenix, because we have a growing economy with job growth and significant capital investment,” Selby said. “We just keep thinking it’s going to continue because of the momentum that we have.”

She said many of the high-tech companies moving to downtown Phoenix are from California. She said the lower cost of doing business in Phoenix are among the reasons why the companies are making the move.

Uber, Upgrade Inc. and Orb Health are among the latest tech companies to open offices in downtown Phoenix.”

I’m personally fine with this, it’s very rare in life the dramatized, over-hyped projects are the real winners long term.
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Old 01-19-2018, 07:56 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Amazon has no problem selling Henry Ford's books, and I would bet you could get an EBook of My Struggle, too.
Along with copies of Mein Kampf. They also willingly sell Antifa and ISIS flags. Amazon truly supports some extremely racist and violent material on their site.
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Old 01-19-2018, 08:11 AM
 
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By your argument, liberal cities such as San Francisco and Portland wouldn't have been eliminated.
What in the world would Amazon do with 2 HQs right next to each other?
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Old 01-19-2018, 08:15 AM
 
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Along with copies of Mein Kampf. They also willingly sell Antifa and ISIS flags. Amazon truly supports some extremely racist and violent material on their site.
They do not sell ISIS flags.
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Old 01-19-2018, 08:15 AM
 
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What in the world would Amazon do with 2 HQs right next to each other?
I don’t see any city west of the Mississippi as a very likely choice for this exact reason. Phoenix is smart to focus on the planned Apple campus instead, this seems like a much better fit.
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Old 01-19-2018, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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They do not sell ISIS flags.
They did, but pulled it down after an uproar. It was all over social media.


https://www.snopes.com/2015/06/24/amazon-isis-flag/
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Old 01-19-2018, 09:33 AM
 
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They did, but pulled it down after an uproar. It was all over social media.


https://www.snopes.com/2015/06/24/amazon-isis-flag/
'Sell' is present tense. Your statement is incorrect. They do not sell ISIS flags.

As stated in the link YOU provided, "A good deal of merchandise offered for sale on Amazon.com comes from third-party vendors who place listings on the site that are not necessarily reviewed or approved by Amazon in advance, so sometimes inappropriate or offensive material may be available for sale through the site for several days before the matter comes to Amazon’s attention and they remove the listing."

Your premise is flawed.
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Old 01-19-2018, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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'Sell' is present tense. Your statement is incorrect. They do not sell ISIS flags.

As stated in the link YOU provided, "A good deal of merchandise offered for sale on Amazon.com comes from third-party vendors who place listings on the site that are not necessarily reviewed or approved by Amazon in advance, so sometimes inappropriate or offensive material may be available for sale through the site for several days before the matter comes to Amazon’s attention and they remove the listing."

Your premise is flawed.
Regardless, they SOLD it (until outrage ensued). Happy now?


Funny how they went through and purged every first and third party sales of Confederate flags, though, isn't it? Its amazing how they managed to catch all those!
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Old 01-19-2018, 10:09 AM
 
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Regardless, they SOLD it (until outrage ensued). Happy now?


Funny how they went through and purged every first and third party sales of Confederate flags, though, isn't it? Its amazing how they managed to catch all those!
No, because it wasn't Amazon that sold them, it was third parties, which Amazon then removed. I'm not sure how that doesn't satisfy you, but it doesn't support your argument against Amazon since they took the appropriate action.

Furthermore, you should really read the information YOU cite:

"Is isn’t clear when this listing (referencing an ISIS flag for sale) was pulled from Amazon, but customer reviews (in this cached version, at least) spanned only the range of May 22-27 2015, and it seems this version of the page dates from around early June, before the Confederate flag controversy kicked in". The lack of reviews beyond May, 2015 suggests that the ISIS flags were removed before the Confederate flags. Your argument is unfounded.
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