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Borders Group (BGP)
An SI Board Since February 1997
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86 Sam, I'm finding a lot of people who go to Border's all the time but ndavid thor-1/9/1999
85 BGP now ranks as third hottest site on SI. Amazing! techstocks.com Just ahead oSam Citron-1/9/1999
84 <I think Borders could do alot to improve service> Sam, Agreed, I forgotdavid thor-1/9/1999
83 <i>amazon states they may never be profitable</i> Have they truly Sam Citron-1/9/1999
82 Dave, I think Borders could do alot to improve service by altering their in-stSam Citron-1/9/1999
81 the web site clearly cost more than $500. borders is number 2, and i am bettiblankmind-1/9/1999
80 <i>Shipping costs are paid by buyer, not seller. Packaging costs are neglblankmind-1/9/1999
79 Sam, I'm so glad you responded so quickly. Let me elaborate on my experiedavid thor-1/9/1999
78 <i>The incredible situation that exists - that I never would have thoughtSam Citron-1/9/1999
77 <While Amazon.com may be way overpriced at this point in time, the price disdavid thor-1/9/1999
76 **OT**<i>Free Long-Distance Service...How it works...</i> broadpoiSam Citron-1/9/1999
75 good points for a blankmind...$8 million is a lot for advertising...my son tellCatcher-1/9/1999
74 >> I have had free ad- supported long distance telephone service for the dreydoc-1/9/1999
73 <i>shipping costs and packaging eat up the savings and more</i> ShSam Citron-1/9/1999
72 figuring earnings, did bgp figure how much it would cost for the internet side blankmind-1/9/1999
71 then i go back to poster who asked why bgp's foray into the internet is beiCatcher-1/8/1999
70 <i>Online commerce does threaten bricks-and-mortar commerce mainly becausblankmind-1/8/1999
69 depends on how you define "real problems." the mortar side more than blankmind-1/8/1999
68 I wouldn't be surprised if DELL and AMZN are not around ten years from now.M CAHILL-1/8/1999
67 MC, I don't know how you can denigrate the power of the online shopping moSam Citron-1/8/1999
66 I bought BGP today. Give me bricks and mortor anyday. You can't judge a booM CAHILL-1/8/1999
65 only caution is their excuses (cold winter? & gift cert surge) are so lameCatcher-1/8/1999
64 Bought BGP yesterday on the preannouncement clearance rack. Like the fundamentaSam Citron-1/8/1999
63 Regarding the post by Catcher: 1) I thought the "winter storms" excustokaholic-1/8/1999
62 <i>shouldn't trend toward gift certs (and crediting them at redemptioblankmind-1/7/1999
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