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To: Jack T. Pearson who wrote (33881)	1/9/1999 7:05:00 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Let's see -- Barnes has 15 huge distribution centers, some over 1 million sq feet and AMZN has -- 3? Barnes has the wholesale business, the retail business, the printing business and will move up the foodchain on line -- and AMZN has, I forget, but they must have something -- look at all the people who bought their stock!

To: Jack T. Pearson who wrote (33881)	1/10/1999 11:45:00 AM
From: tonyt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

How difficult could it be to automate pulling books/cd's from a shelf. Actually, this 'buiding' of inventory is a concern to me. I would think that with todays technology Amazon should be doing away with distribution centers, not building them. If I want to send a book to a friend, I log on to Amazon, pick the book, and then tell them to ship it to my friend. No need for me to take delivery first and incur another shipping charge, and add to the delivery time. Amazon doesn't 'build' books/cd's, it just sells them. Why can't they just have their supplier ship direct to me?