Amazon Steals 14% Tablet Market Share In Q4, Apple Share Drops To 57%

[MikeCL]

Originally Posted by jsh1120

True, but Amazon has a tremendous advantage in terms of sales of items other than the digital content designed specifically for the KF. Prime members spend two to three times more at Amazon than other consumers. Growing the "Prime" market segment is much of what the Kindle Fire is all about.

True about prime.. I ended up waking up and ordering $60 worth of stuff and yesterday I ordered $48 worth of stuff (finally got a case for my Kindle!)

I can tell you after my prime trial ended I almost stopped buying stuff on Amazon because of the shipping costs/time.

I plan on getting my mom a fire for Mothers day

[salsaguy]

Yup, once you start on Prime there is no going back.

After buying my Fire, i bought a case, a stabd, a few apps and a Kindle Touch for my son the other day.

Sadly, with the California income tax law changing in July myself and many other Prime customers will be buying a lot less on AZ, so we will see how they do after that since most buy because of the no tax price.

[jsh1120]

Originally Posted by salsaguy

Yup, once you start on Prime there is no going back.

After buying my Fire, i bought a case, a stabd, a few apps and a Kindle Touch for my son the other day.

Sadly, with the California income tax law changing in July myself and many other Prime customers will be buying a lot less on AZ, so we will see how they do after that since most buy because of the no tax price.

Living in Washington I already pay sales tax on most items purchased through Amazon. And while I don't want to turn this into a political discussion, I'd say that I'm happy to pay a tax that helps support services like schools, police, and fire protection in my community.

I'd further note that my work consists primarily of working with county governments in California. I can assure you that despite Californians' belief that they're heavily taxed, they're not. At least in comparison to other states. (The tax burden in California ranks about 15th among all states.) Furthermore, the insane property tax system in California resulting from Proposition 13 means that the tax burden is among the most inequitable in the United States. Don't like your tax burden in California? Eliminate Prop 13. But that ain't gonna happen.

P.S. Sorry for the threadjacking. I've had to listen to more than my share of Californians whining about taxes over the years.

[Jessica Lares]

What's the difference in buying something on Amazon with tax then buying it offline with the same tax %?