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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
And before the internet people would go to stores and compare prices. The reality is that people comparative shop and did so before the internet.
WalMart, Barnes and Noble, Borders were doing a fine job of underpricing local businesses before Amazon came along.
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Yeah, but with the Internet and smartphones such behaviour has gone to 11. There's evenan Amazon app for
THAT.
The response by the American Bookseller's Association:
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Dear Jeff Bezos,
We’re not shocked, just disappointed.
Despite your company’s recent pledge to be a better corporate citizen and to obey the law and collect sales tax, you created a price-check app that allows shoppers to browse Main Street stores that do collect sales tax, scan a product, ask for expertise, and walk out empty-handed in order to buy on Amazon. We suppose we should be flattered that an online sales behemoth needs a Main Street retail showroom.
Forgive us if we’re not.
We could call your $5 bounty to app-users a cheesy marketing move and leave it at that. In fact, it is the latest in a series of steps to expand your market at the expense of cities and towns nationwide, stripping them of their unique character and the financial wherewithal to pay for essential needs like schools, fire and police departments, and libraries
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