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To: TexasGator
Actually, you don’t understand the Amazon business model.

They lose money on every sale - They make it up in volume?

56 posted on 02/04/2017 4:25:15 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: FatherofFive

“They lose money on every sale - They make it up in volume? “

No. They pour every cent of profit back into expansion and new ventures.

Plus, about half their sales are ‘third-party’ where they take a cut and thus make money even when the real vendor may be losing money. Not only a cut of the sales price but also a cut of the S&H fee!

Thus, when you think Amazon is selling something too low to be true, it is the third-party vendor taking the hit, not Amazon.


63 posted on 02/04/2017 4:34:22 PM PST by TexasGator
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