Amazon says it sold ads for products shoppers couldn’t buy


The problem of misdirected advertising on Amazon came to light when a seller of advanced gaming computers discovered he was being charged thousands of dollars to advertise merchandise in California even though he had stopped selling his products there. — AP

Amazon.com Inc has pledged to make fixes to its advertising operation after mistakenly charging online merchants to promote products shoppers couldn’t purchase.

The problem came to light when a seller of advanced gaming computers discovered he was being charged thousands of dollars to advertise merchandise in California even though he had stopped selling his products there.

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