Quidsi

6 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 6 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 17, 2021 by Marc Lore · said 13 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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May 17, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Lore: Quidsi rejected a competing buyout offer $100M higher after Amazon threats
“Yeah, it's even, even worse that we got a higher offer that we didn't take.”
Marc Lore May 17, 2021 ▶ 46:34 Diapers.com & Jet.com: Marc Lore
May 17, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Amazon threatened to drop diaper prices to zero if Quidsi resisted sale
“They said, well, yeah, we're gonna take the price of diapers to zero, and we're gonna, you know, and they made some analogies to some other, used explicit language, and it was pretty scary stuff.”
Marc Lore May 17, 2021 ▶ 47:29 Diapers.com & Jet.com: Marc Lore
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Amazon explicitly threatened to price diapers at zero to force Quidsi sale
“They said, well, yeah, we're gonna take the price of diapers to zero, and we're gonna, you know, and they made some analogies to some other, used explicit language, and it was pretty scary stuff. I'll just leave it at that.”
Marc Lore Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 48:09 diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quidsi rejected a $100M higher buyout offer due to Amazon retaliation threats
“Because Amazon very clearly stated that if we took that offer, they would do even more to harm the business.”
Marc Lore Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 47:32 diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Amazon told Quidsi's team to keep competing against them post-acquisition
“Like, Amazon didn't even, when they brought us in, say, hey, we want you guys to run the mom, baby, parent category within Amazon. They said, you know what, just keep doing what you're doing. Just continue to keep competing with us.”
Marc Lore Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 50:47 diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)
Mar 30, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
VCs rejected Quidsi's $100M funding round because Amazon was targeting them
“We had only raised 50,000,055 million dollars up until that point, which was pretty modest amount of money raised compared to today's standards, but we went out and we needed another hundred million to keep all the websites going and to really blow it out. We …”
Marc Lore Mar 30, 2026 ▶ 44:34 diapers.com: Marc Lore. The ecommerce visionary who lost to Amazon but still made billions (2021)
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