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To: Greater Fool who wrote (89986)	1/6/2000 5:46:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

used shopper.com (cnet) repeatedly over the last months to buy a camera and computer components. I loved being able to comparison shop from the comfort of my desk -- no driving across town. I managed to get terrific deals, quite a bit less than Amazon was charging. What's more, the comparison shopping was fun: I jumped from site to site just to save a few dollars and feel like I was getting the best deal. Greater, I thought it was time to but CNBC on here in my office so I wanted a small 13" color TV. I used Haggle Zone from AOL last night. It was fun to play the "game" so I received entertainment too. I bought a Zenith for $137 including shipping and there was no sales tax. <i.Loyalty? I'll tell you about loyalty. I shopped a lot at 800.com while they had free shipping. I spent about a thousand bucks there. I loved the site, and even posted my credit card with them. Now they no longer have free shipping and I haven't been back since. On to the next bargain ... This is typical and I understand well. This is also true in brick and mortar but there is the driving traffic in brick and mortar. Not on the net. I have loyalty to no one on the net meaning retailers. My customers are loyal to me in my brick and mortar stores as long as my price is close to the best, selection is there and service. If I lose a competitive advantage in any one of those three, I am toast to that customer. There is no loyalty. I do not see why there should be either. We provide a service and a product when we sell. The customer pays good money for the product and the service. We back up the product after the sales since that is part of the agreed upon service. Do either of us owe each other anything after the sale, nothing more than what was first agreed upon. It is difficult to find loyalty in sports fans these days LOL.