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To: Jerry A. Laska who wrote (108717)	9/21/2000 10:49:59 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Respond to of 164684

OK, that makes sense. I had the impression from Glenn that Bezos thought the US was a lousey market.

To: Jerry A. Laska who wrote (108717)	9/22/2000 12:03:15 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>By contrast, the sprawling geography of the United States meant standard delivery times of several days, compared to overnight in much of Europe, Bezos said. ``It will turn out in the long term that the U.S. is the worst country for e-commerce,'' Bezos said.<< Let's make sense of this. Why would anyone spend billions in a market which is the worst for the channel through which they sell? Why not just start in Europe and once Europe is profitable, move to other countries? If Bezos knew this and really believed it, he surely made a major error.