Re: [PLUG] Where to Buy Nerd Stuff

[Steve Litt via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:33:10 -0500
Thomas Delrue via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

> As an aside: keep in mind that one of the reasons that Bezos has so
> much money is scale: "he" can afford to make only 0.01 per sold gadget
> because he sells billions of them and that's how cumul works. And
> scale invites greater scale...
> Other, more desirable, vendors may need to pursue a higher margin in
> order to be sustainable. Sometimes voting with your wallet involves
> paying a little extra to give the other guy a little boost in the
> back...

YES! I find what I want on Amazon, get the model number, and actually
buy it somewhere else. Yeah, shipping takes longer and is more
expensive, and maybe the item is slightly more expensive, but you'd
better believe the day Bezos eliminates his competition, those famous
Amazon low prices and good service will vanish.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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