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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H James Morris who wrote (109975)	10/9/2000 1:54:21 PM
From: rakitup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Thanks for your views on AMZN. Here's mine. If you want to know why on line shopping is a nowhere business, try to duplicate this action in less time: Start 9:17 a.m. 10/9/00 End 10:46 a.m. '' Elapsed time: 89 minutes Sign on to Harryanddavid.com to order one gift basket item to be sent to second party as gift. Sign on to etoys-could not enter order for second item. Sign on to toysrus.com (amazon) and order a sega dreamcast game, "virtua tennis" to be sent to second party as birthday gift. Ordering by phone I would expect to spend up to 7 minutes per order maximum, or 14 minutes total including dialing time and talk time. I could drive to the mall, park, go into two stores and order in person with shipping instructions, and return back home in less time than placing an order on line. Until online ordering gets the necessary software to expedite the process, you are wasting your time using it, and wasting your money investing in it. No wonder BtoC investments have been such a drag. Rak up a winner!