Walmart Vs Amazon Price War: Over Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue

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[MaxCUA]

WSJ: "Walmart launched a brash price war against Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, saying it would sell 10 hotly anticipated new books for just $10 apiece through its online site. That was just the beginning.

Hours later, Amazon matched the $10 price, squaring off in a battle for low-price and e-commerce leadership heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. Wal-Mart soon fired back with a promise to drop its prices to $9 by Friday morning -- and made good on that vow by early evening Thursday."

Wal-Mart: The splashy move to discount pre-orders of popular books such as Stephen King's "Under the Dome" and Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" was part of a larger strategy to establish Walmart.com as the biggest and cheapest online retailer.

[pnh102]

Wow... capitalism works!

[MrsEmmaPeel]

WalMart will lose. They don't have the correct infrastructure set up to handle web based orders. Their Point of Sale system in the store can only handle 9-digit bar codes, while the invoice in the web order is 12 digit. Try ordering a book on Walmart web then returning it to the store (as you are instructed to do). The staff at the store can't handle the return. I spent 1.5 hours one day just trying to do that.

Additionally, WalMart must charge sales tax.

Amazon is professional, accurate and prompt. Walmart is not.

[SAJ]

Noone out-discounts Wally World when they want to play hardball. Noone.

[jimbo123]

Way to go Wall-Mart! Free shipping for the Top 10 bestsellers, too!

[JPG]

I ordered Sarah's book on Amazon. If this keeps up I'll get her book AND a check.

[MNJohnnie]

SAJ, How the heck are you!

eeevil conservative and I got married July 11th.

[for-q-clinton]

I just ordered her book. Thanks for posting.

[SAJ]

Hey, WAY cool!!

Congrats to both of you!!

Doing all right; just got whipsawed in the energies this week, but position should be sound for next week.

[jp3]

Max ~ thanks for posting, I have pre-ordered my copy, $9.63 with free shipping...THANKS TO YOU! I normally purchase ‘used’ from Amazon and paying shipping just bugs me.

Thanks Again!

[mollynme]

Woo-Woo! I just ordered 2 more copies.

[thefactor]

i ordered 3 books through amazon a couple weeks ago.

i got the first one (glenn beck-arguing with idiots).

i never received the 2nd book even though the tracking number said it had been delivered a week ago. i called amazon today and they are rushing me another copy.

the 3rd book was palin's book.

i'm sticking with amazon.

[1_Rain_Drop]

Today's offer of $9.00 for "Going Rogue" at Amazon is sweet!
I was tempted to buy more copies as gifts at this price but stopped myself. WHY? because I don't know if Sarah Palin would be loosing money on the too much lowered hard copies. I don't want her to go broke even if it turns out that she sold 5 Million copies before Nov 17.

I'm considering the audio (at Amazon) even if it's abridged.

PS: I can't stand WalMart and their cheap china products.

[Mama Shawna]

SAJ: Just sent a link to your Time and Timing website to my hubby, who is also a trader. He just might find something he’s never read about, who knows?

[SAJ]

Why, thank you, Mama!

If he's interested in historical/seasonal data and analyses, he'll find all he wants. Many of T&T's features are, as far as I know, unique--one-of-a-kind on the 'Net. And, please do advise him that, if he has ANY questions whatever about the site, to contact me directly. Happy to help (phone # is on the website).

FReegards and good trading to you both!