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0 pointssixQuarks10y ago0 comments

No, I remember Amazon well in its early days and it was nothing like Jet. Kozmo is a better comparison

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Amazon was a pretty successful bookstore, and then they acquired CDNow and became a pretty successful music shop as well. They weren't selling things for crazy low prices, they were just convenient and had a huge catalog.

By the time they moved to selling everything, it seemed like a stable business.

dragonwriter10y ago

> Amazon was a pretty successful bookstore, and then they acquired CDNow and became a pretty successful music shop as well. They weren't selling things for crazy low prices

Yes, they were. They built their customer base from day one on extremely deep discounts; that was always their big selling point.

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TillE10y ago

By the time they moved to selling everything, it seemed like a stable business.

dragonwriter10y ago

> Amazon was a pretty successful bookstore, and then they acquired CDNow and became a pretty successful music shop as well. They weren't selling things for crazy low prices

Yes, they were. They built their customer base from day one on extremely deep discounts; that was always their big selling point.

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