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fjtorres · 07-30-2013, 08:10 AM

Maybe Overstock is buying into the B&N gloom-n-doom talk and thinks they can tap the anti-amazon market to raise its profile in the online pbook business.
What I want to see if Rakuten (Buy.com) does anything to raise *their* profile.

Overstock is unlikely to poach many buyers from Amazon (PRIME!) with this price war but they *can* and clearly intend to draw buyers from the rest of the market. If it lasts more than the stated week and B&N.com doesn't respond they might end up as market share donors.

07-30-2013, 08:10 AM	#14
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Maybe Overstock is buying into the B&N gloom-n-doom talk and thinks they can tap the anti-amazon market to raise its profile in the online pbook business. What I want to see if Rakuten (Buy.com) does anything to raise their profile. Overstock is unlikely to poach many buyers from Amazon (PRIME!) with this price war but they can and clearly intend to draw buyers from the rest of the market. If it lasts more than the stated week and B&N.com doesn't respond they might end up as market share donors.