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To: J.Y. Wang who wrote (333)5/13/1999 2:37:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 411
 
Amazon's real downfall is that they will never make a profit off of selling books! Borders reported a loss of 6 cents a share from their web site last year. Ebay is making money, but that's because they don't have to stock inventory and don't have to maintain their own database--their buyers and sellers enter all the information for them. Every time a new book comes out, Amazon has to put it on the site; every time a book goes out of print, they have to note that; etc. Huge investment in time and manpower.

I don't know of a single retail company (excluding porn sites) which is making money strictly off their web site. There may be some, but not known to me.



To: J.Y. Wang who wrote (333)5/13/1999 2:41:00 PM
From: LakesideTrader  Respond to of 411
 
I'll check out buy.com and someone also mentioned fatbrain? I haven't ordered books over the web too often but since I can get a huge break on taxes on a pricey book, it easily offsets the shipping.

So you're in Michigan!



To: J.Y. Wang who wrote (333)5/14/1999 9:03:00 AM
From: jcurrie  Respond to of 411
 
JY: Watch out for BUY.COM's -- S&H charge it often increases their total book price above the competition


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