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To: Chung Lee who wrote (58054)5/23/1999 9:51:00 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164685
 
>> If JB/Covey have been doing it all wrong, how should etailing be done?

Glenn has said many times there is no way to turn a profit selling commodities below cost. Online or off. It seems a fairly simple notion.



To: Chung Lee who wrote (58054)5/24/1999 7:54:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164685
 
If JB/Covey have been doing it all wrong, how should etailing be done?

There is a not a lot of profit in business to retail ecommerce. Selling commodities below cost will never be profitable

I have no plans to ever short Amazon again.

Glenn