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I'm an Amazon Prime subscriber, and have been for years. For most of that time, I've automatically bought stuff from Amazon, aware that occasionally I'm paying
by ternaryoperator 12y ago
I'm an Amazon Prime subscriber, and have been for years. For most of that time, I've automatically bought stuff from Amazon, aware that occasionally I'm paying more than elsewhere. The reason is convenience. Order almost anything, get it fast, with no extra shipping cost.
This spat has forced me to occasionally shop at Barnes & Noble. And I gotta say, if I have to go to two stores to get items, Amazon's convenience edge is much smaller. Just the other day, since I was on B&N I bought things there that I would normally have gone to Amazon for. Again, it's the pure convenience.
I have no idea whether I'm typical or not, but if I am, then I think this will hurt Amazon more than Hachette.
- bigtones 12y agoI agree, this saga is hurting Amazon a lot. From a PR perspective at a time when American citizens are worried about monopolies and the implications of technology conglomerates, this very public spat seems ill timed. The New York Times has had five articles negative of Amazon on this issue in the past two weeks alone.
- akiselev 12y agoEven if you are a typical user, how much would it possibly hurt Amazon? If this becomes a regular occurrence I can see Amazon's leverage eroding but the company regularly goes toe to toe with many different industries and holds it own against half trillion dollar a year giants like Walmart. Amazon's core competencies are growing and the network effects are difficult to quantify. I suspect encroaching on Amazon's market dominance would be a hard task even for Google, let alone B&N
- wmeredith 12y agoIf the typical behavior of their current multi-year Prime subscribers is to shop around because they no longer like the company that is a BIG problem for Amazon.