Thread: A Monopoly is Not Necessarily Bad
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Old 04-13-2012, 01:45 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by LuvReadin View Post
I agree - it's probably never been easier to open up a retail business than it is now. But I'd be interested to know why you chose those sellers over Amazon.

There are usually three main influencing factors on people's decision to buy: availability, price and customer service. Obviously, we can discount the first - if one stocks it and the other doesn't, the comparison is meaningless.
If the comparison is meaningless, then Amazon is not, be definition, a monoply controlling the industry to the detriment of the consumer, and this whole discussion is pointless.

(And this whole discussion is pointless, since the moment that comparison is meaningful, a thousand independent publishers will crop up and start eating in to Amazon's market.)
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