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To: Harry Franks who wrote (2118)	1/30/1999 3:43:00 PM
From: HRM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

For future reference - Amazon send me an e-mail that my Gorilla Game book has shipped. I can't justify the stock (AMZN) but I love the store. I found this spot on Yahoo the other day when Amazon was out of a book I wanted. I tried Borders.com and it worked just fine and got the book I wanted 2 weeks faster than Amazon quoted. finder.shopping.yahoo.com This illustrates how the convenience of the Internet can be a two-edged sword when your a retailer.

To: Harry Franks who wrote (2118)	1/30/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: Sam Biller	Respond to of 20297

I assume you paid $18.20 for the book at Amazon.com. For future information a quick search at bottomdollar.com could have saved you $. Another alternative would be a search at Yahoo shopping which yields the results at this link ( finder.shopping.yahoo.com ) You could have bought the book for less money at the following internet retailers: Books.com $18.14 a1books $17.50 shopping.com $16.89 Barnes & Nobles $15.60 Buybooks.com $15.6 Alldirect.com $16.90 My comment based on the cost savings is Amazon faces fierce competition that will squeeze their margins. Checkfree faces little competition and it is much easier for someone to put up a book storefront then it is to be the plumber. Sam (IMHO)