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To: Eric Wells who wrote (106227)	7/17/2000 2:27:37 PM
From: Killswitch	Respond to of 164684

One thing that is interesting is that the WBVN biz model is apparently actually going to work. i.e. they have said that later this year they expect their first warehouse to break even EBIDTA-wise. And that is after only like 5 or 6 quarters of operation. And the other warehouses such as Atlanta are experiencing even more rapid acceptance/growth. So it might not be a big money pit after they manage to get enough of the warehouses profitable enough to fund further growth. As for AMZN, why couldn't they simply treat it as more warehouse space and stock their goods there first thing from the manufacturers.. I don't see why they would need to ship stuff there from their "main" warehouses. Having such a monopoly on delivery might also help AMZN to escape being valued as strictly a retailer ?