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Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon - A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.::A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.

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[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Btw this dude didnt send his piss to everyone. The only shipping orders he filled was for his friends ordering it to see if it would work. Other people also bought some, but the guy didn't ship it, because that would be insane.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

Okay, sure, but where can I buy this now?

[–] whitepawn@reddthat.com 58 points 1 year ago

I like it. Art and activism.

Points out awful business practice by Bezos in both the lack of bathroom breaks for employees and the lack of quality control in content.

No person was harmed. Product pulled to ensure as much once the piece was complete.

Well done.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh sht can he sell bath water next please

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Butler is a journalist, presenter, and renowned puller of stunts—he’s probably most famous for turning his shed in a London garden into the number one ranked restaurant on Tripadvisor.

From there, it’s laughably straightforward for Butler to get Release listed for sale on Amazon, with very few checks and balances in place to ensure the product he’s selling is safe and legal.

Some of these packages were delivered to Amazon lockers, making it physically impossible for the delivery driver to check whether the person receiving the item was an adult.

The final part of the program turns its attention to Amazon’s taxes—the company has been criticized for using complex but legal arrangements to reduce its overall tax liability, such as running sales through a subsidiary in Luxembourg.

Butler interviews Labour MP Nadia Whittome, who argues that Amazon benefits from public infrastructure and should therefore pay its fair share to fix Britain’s crumbling roads.

Knowing that Amazon processes returns based on the weight of the incoming packages, he sends back buckets of sand to get his money back—attempting to shield himself from legal liability for fraud by running everything through a shell company in Belize.


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[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I've loved pretty much any video Oobah has released so far. Dude's absolutely amazing!

[–] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Salty... or so a friend tells me.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

Is this an episode of Sick Sad World? 🤭