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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN 230.27-0.6%3:59 PM EST

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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (112312)12/1/2000 8:23:31 PM
From: Victor Lazlo  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
<<My opinion has always been and still is that it is impossible to turn a profit as a pure online retailer unless the consumer is willing to pay a fair amount more for the "convenience" of on-line shopping. >>

i agree 100%

<<I am not sure people are not willing to do this although not for the products that Amazon is currently selling. >>

I think a lot more dotcoms and catalog co's would have to go out of bus before this could be tested. The competition is keeping prices low, but how long can a whole industry subsector survive with no profits?
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