Busted a gut: Walmart (& Target) banned Kindle/Amazon

[UTUSN]

Think about it, it makes sense: Customers visit Walmart/Target/BestBuy bricks'n'mortar to HANDLE/try-out the product, but then, if they like iTt, ORDER it from Amazon not paying taxes/whatever. Then, also, (I admire my punctuation) buy movies/music from Amazon NOT WALMART/TARGET.


So, Walmart is banning Kindles !1

[Yavin4]

1. Ironic Aint It?

WalMart got to be WalMart by undercutting their competitors.

[HopeHoops]

2. Yes, but Amazon isn't predatory.

[stevenleser]

3. Hmmm. I am not sure I agree with that statement.

Will have to think more on it though

[HopeHoops]

4. I'll qualify that. They aren't predatory by nature, but perhaps by business model.

I know they've driven many big box book stores out, but in turn, those big box book stores drove out the smaller ones. Barnes and Nobel's looks like a freakin' toy store now. I will gladly pay more to be able to browse a book before buying, and will buy it on the spot, but I've also rejected many books that I would possibly have bought online and bought books online because I couldn't find them in a store and been very disappointed with them. But I'm not going to return a book that I've read. Mostly I'm talking technical books here. The tech section at B&N is so tiny now that it might as well be labeled "Republicans Who Tell The Truth". It's sad, but that's where we're headed in the long-run.

WalMart on the other hand sells below cost to drive out competition, especially in their effort to destroy Toys R Us. As soon as the competition caves, the prices go back up to more than the competition had been charging. You can tell that just by looking at their circulars in the Sunday paper. Toys R Us recently pulled a fast one on WalMart. The Toys R Us in question was behind a mall, not easy to get to, and antiquated. WalMart has been pushing to build a "mini store" on a defunct car lot on the same access road as Toys R Us. It would require a multi-story parking garage with high-intensity lighting that would totally invade nearby neighborhoods - oh, and clearing a stand of very old pine trees that serve as a sound and light barrier. It's been controversial. While WalMart was pushing for this, Toys R Us built a HUGE new store on the main retail drag (curiously, also on former car dealership lots - three of them) and just moved their operations. WalMart's been pretty quiet about that "mini store" lately.

[pipi_k]

5. So what they're doing is...

banning stuff people aren't buying from them anyway!

hahahahaa

classic stupid.




Hey, anybody who wants to try out a Kindle before buying is welcome to look at/handle mine.