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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN 229.55+0.2%Dec 5 3:59 PM EST

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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (129946)8/13/2001 9:54:59 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (2) of 164684
 
"INTERNET SKEPTICS -- and there are many these days -- believe that even the top Web retailers have built their businesses on shaky ground. Shoppers, they note, are always just "one click away" from looking for a better price on that book or airline ticket.

But these skeptics ignore a truth of online retailing that may be as important as it is little remarked: Consumers are, well, lazy. Once people take the online plunge and find a Web retailer they like, they're likely to stick with it -- even when just a couple of mouse clicks might save them money. (This writer, who rarely strays from Amazon.com, eBay and the Expedia travel service, will be the first to plead guilty.)
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