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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (78136)9/23/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: StreetAdvisor  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
They may be simply building the infrastructure to attract the eyeballs. Without those distribution centers, which keep customers happy with quick shipments, they could potentially lose some of their 10 million customers, or just stall growth.

Like the AOL model, the distribution may just be the breakeven part, with a 90%+ margin product providing the profits.

Kevin Prigel
streetadvisor.com