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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (107374)8/22/2000 11:16:19 AM
From: H James Morris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Glenn, I just read in todays WSJ that in this new economy the pawnshop business sucks.
So my advice is whatever you buy...Don't buy a pawnshop.;-)



To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (107374)8/22/2000 3:15:11 PM
From: Skeeter Bug  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684
 
gdr, amzn isn't failing b/c bezos neglected something. the entire concept of minting money in e-commerce is FUNDAMENTALLY flawed.

he could have spent a trillion on marketing.

significantly reducing consumer ignorance is just flat out bad for profits since consumer ignorance is the number 1 profit factor.

the internet brings on price competition so fierce that sharks swim away.


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