<<<<Hint #1 should have been when I realised that I no longer browse bookstores on
saturday morning. Now, when i hear of an interesting book, I write it down. When I
have up to 3 books, I order them en-masse from AMZN. I also order some CDs in the
same package. Cuts down on shipping and saves me from going to 'The Wiz' (btw that's
why N2K and CDNow are toast.)
Hint #2 was when I abandoned the portfolio tracking on AOL for YHOO.
(I can access YHOO at work!)
Hint #3 was when I junked the proprietary software from my on-line broker in favour of
my browser.
(I dont trade at work though ;-))
Hint #4 was when my I could pay my bills via my browser at work. Previously, I had to
use my bank's proprietary software to pay my bills. Now, I have deleted that software
from my hard disk, thus freeing up a few MEGABYTES of disk space! hallelujah
Hint #5 and MOST TELLING hint was when Wal-mart sued AMZN. Why waste
time suing AMZN if they are not feeling threatened?
Hey, maybe AMZN can save me the bother of going to Costco once a month :-))
--Olu E.>>>>>
Hint #6 was when you correctly ascribed ALL of YOUR habits to the entire human race (whether literate or not, whatever their socioeconomic status, whether they own pcs, or have an isp, or use the internet for anything other than email, or have ever bought anything on line, or whether they will be repeat customers on line, or have even heard of amzn) and realized that they would all shop at amzn and only amzn forever.
william --
you are very testy for someone so bullish ... perchance you already sense the danger, the lack of conviction in this run up/squeeze, the lack of shocking new announcements (bfd, going into videos -- good for a quick 10 point burst at best, what else???, a stock split -- playing with fire) while millions of new shares become eligible to be sold, while ALL competitors, be they bks, borders, shop bots, walmart, aol, msn, yahoo (if you have not yet figured out that this is the competition, may i suggest a book by the name of Co-opetition, by Brandenburg and ______ ) while the lawsuit trucks on ... yes amzn has good brand name with the net crowd, yes it has enjoyed first mover advantage -- there is a flip side -- it enjoys the attention of every single one of its competitors and unfortunately has no competitive advantage (first mover, yes, sustainable competitive, no).
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