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kleinbl00  ·  3727 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: WALMART: Going after the heart of the Amazon Beast

So the discussion at hand is how often a consumer's purchases are influenced by the fact that Amazon has uranium ore and obscure books. I would argue that the availability of uranium ore and obscure books matters only when a person wishes to purchase uranium ore and obscure books; the rest of the time they're buying on price and convenience.

Your point about the phone phreak is well taken - consumers, given a choice, will reward people they feel kindly towards. Neither player in this instance has made much headway on that front lately.