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Old 07-08-2014, 10:38 AM   #107
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Originally Posted by MattW View Post
I maintain that there is a very one-sided view of Amazon here and I strongly believe that this has in part to do with the fact that Amazon is great for its customers and we're reluctant to pass judgement on a company that we buy from. Ergo my "if Amazon is good for me, then Amazon's enemies must be wrong" line of reasoning.
Probably an instance of the Halo effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect).

Also it seems to me that the pro-Amazon people are more active and just drown out everybody else. It is like arguing with fanatics and you sometimes stop to do it because it is not worth the time.
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