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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (44029)	3/5/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

I bought some Ginseng tablets at Drugstore.com recently - here is how the order stacked up: The item was priced just a bit higher than the better deals you can find for similar items on the Internet: $24.95 for 100 units. The $10 one-time discount made it worthwhile. Prices on the Internet are already quite better than you can find at most health food or nutrition centers (and the future will be bloody!). But is this attractive pricing or service for routine drug store purchases? The shipping & handling charge was $4.95 - 25% of this purchase price. I live in Seattle, where Drugstore.com is located, so the shipping charges should be as low as they get. Let's say that the average sale made at a typical drugstore is $35 - that makes the S & H charge about 8% of the sale. That doesn't seem like much, but between that and the fact that it takes 3-5 days to receive the stuff, I just don't get how this will be nearly as great a business as book and music sales. Oh well, I get my $10 freebie and will wait for the next time they give away free money to buy my business.