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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
The term "brick and mortar" store generally means a store that has one or more physical stores that you can actually walk in to to look at their goods. So, basically your category 1.
Although, the fact that a brick and mortar retailer also has an online presence doesn't preclude them from being called a brick and mortar store. It's more the absence of a physical store (online only) that puts a retailer out of the brick and mortar category.
Amazon is way out performing brick and mortar stores in this household. Even if I can walk into a store in town (where the selection is horribly limited by the way), very often they will be out of stock on what I want and the price will be high.
Often, the price is lower at Amazon and the thing might qualify for free shipping. Meaning I don't even have to bear the cost of driving in to town to shop for something that (1) they don't carry or (2) don't have in stock.
There are a lot of us people out here in the sticks who are starting to figure this out.
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I can see your point. I was just trying to say it's comparing apples and oranges to compare Amazon (even if only the book portion but even more so with all their other stuff) to companies like Fictionwise and Barnes and Noble. Such a comparison (all of Amazon's stuff) would be like saying there's more stuff in the world than in my back yard. While true, it is totally meaningless.