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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

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To: umbro who wrote (10823)	7/19/1998 3:25:00 PM
From: steve bruce	of 164684

How about the individual buyer and his/her needs?Does that not REALLY count? I include some correspondence from a REAL transaction that I attempted as a REAL (un-virtual) end-user. C'MON PEOPLE, this company has a terrible business model WAKE UP!! orders@amazon.com wrote: > > Thanks for writing to us at Amazon.com with your comments about our > shipping prices. > > Our shipping charges reflect the handling costs for assembling and > packaging each order, as well as the cost of shipping. > > Shipping costs are an inherent feature in any mail-order service, and > we understand that, on some occasions, shipping costs may represent a > large percentage of the overall price of an item. The cost is exorbitant - why should I pay $3.96 for a book and $3.95 for shipping when I can get the same book locally for far less? Is the Amazon operation really that inefficient? Just FYI, I have posted details of this correspondence in one of the Amazon message groups concerning the AMZN stock price (which is just as inflated as your shipping charge). Maybe some of the Internet stock valuation "geniuses" out there will be touched by reality, let's hope so. :-( -s

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