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L.A. restaurants struggle with a new form of dine-and-dash

1 pointsby graabenabout 4 years ago

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throwaway346434about 4 years ago
The flip side of this: third party platforms enter into a contract to deliver. It doesnt matter if their supplier, the restaurant, cant do it - as a consumer, you entered into an agreement and expected it kept.<p>Pursuing a small amount through Australia&#x27;s regulators is very tough. The ACCC doesnt care about the eatnow&#x2F;menulog acquisition for example, despite the fact the former had great practices; the latter has tanked those rating; indicating consumers have, en masse, lost out. State regulators cant scale up. So these platforms shift their liability onto the public and small business; despite being the ones who made the offer and agreement first up.<p>Small businesses and consumers need stronger automated agents to represent their rights.
haspokenabout 4 years ago
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