Hmm, seems like this could be useful for more than just books. I bought some camping gear from amazon, and I recall that my biggest hesitation was not being ab

Hmm, seems like this could be useful for more than just books. I bought some camping gear from amazon, and I recall that my biggest hesitation was not being able to evaluate the physical product, and therefore unsure of the construction quality. The Amazon reviews help a lot, but I was still left with some uncertainty. Realistically, the amazon income is much too small for a business to be viable. I think the commissions are around 5-10%, whereas the traditional retail markup is around 50%. Seems like there is too big of a gap there to make things work, even if using this business model resulted in lower storage and stocking costs for the retail outfit.