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pets.com went out of business trying to ship 50lb bags of dog food for example with "free" shipping
by coldcode 10y ago
pets.com went out of business trying to ship 50lb bags of dog food for example with "free" shipping
- bostonpete 10y agoI just ordered a big bag of dog food off Amazon, with free shipping, for less than the same brand costs at Petco. I'm not sure whether they're taking a loss on that, or maybe dog food is just extremely marked up in brick & mortar stores.
- pravda 10y agoEverything is extremely marked-up in pet stores. Pet water fountain at PetSmart: $50 Exact same fountain at Amazon: $25 But I've noticed that pet stores (or at least Petsmart) are starting to do price-discrimination by having online-only 'sales'. Purchase online at 25% off, pickup in store.
- jrnichols 10y agopets.com also went out of business by blowing a ton of money on Herman Miller chairs, doing everything in San Francisco (they later moved some warehousing to the midwest for a better distribution network and lower costs) and a rush to IPO too.