Thread: Amazon: Paying a Price for Going Cheap
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Old 07-31-2010, 05:23 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by SensualPoet View Post
Amazon is a rational company. Rational companies do not sell core products at a loss -- especially when they are the undisputed market leaders.
The razors/razorblade model is used by rational companies all the time.

And I would argue Amazon's "core product" isn't the Kindle, but the Kindle bookstore.
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