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To: IceShark who wrote (77833)	9/20/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Cap_Loss_Cfwd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>The UPS boyz and girlz are going to love hauling around a stack of plywood. Otherwise, can't Home Depot do this on their own?<< Of course they can, AMZN is just going for a pure middleman play on this, and one which offers little value. First, the building contractors are not going to enter orders through AMZN. For the home improvement crowd, I personally find that a medium sized project takes at least three trips to the lumber/hardware store and a large project takes about three per day, usually with numerous returns. Try routing that through a server in Seattle or getting Home Depot to provide responsive delivery at a reasonable cost.