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To: Miguel Octavio who wrote (30390)12/17/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: JC Reddy  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684
 
As I said, for a shop the whole world is full of customers. For a customer, the whole world is a shop giving a lot of choice.

I don't need to shop at my neighborhood anymore. If I get a good price, I buy my books from Venezuala, for that matter.

AMZN's margins will remain very small. There is only so much the economy of scale brings.



To: Miguel Octavio who wrote (30390)12/18/1998 2:23:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen  Respond to of 164684
 
>"the other factor is that Wal-mart has to set up a store here in venezuela for me to buy from them...<"

wal-mart.com

Welcome to Wal-Mart Venezuela, and happy shopping for all of the +100,000 products that Wal-Mart sells, all online, including the bookstore.



To: Miguel Octavio who wrote (30390)12/20/1998 5:50:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164684
 
If they are that small Wal-mart will go bankrupt because of overhead as it will
not be able to compete. The other factor is that Wal-mart has to set up a store here in
venezuela for me to buy from tehm,


Miguel,

The customer does the fulfillment at Walmart at no charge to the company. Walmart also can seel to you over the net. See the recent Amazon 10Q regarding fulfillent costs.

Glenn