On 02/10/2016 11:53, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 23:24:11 on Thu, 29
Sep 2016, Neil Williams remarked:

In the sense you ask, because the only product being cherry picked
from Uber is transport *here*, whereas the thing which isn't in fact
being cherry picked from Amazon is mail ordering a specialist product.

You can of course also compete with Amazon using Amazon's platform!

Only in a small subset of products, preferably ones not available via
Amazon Prime.

Or sell them cheaper than Amazon.

Not everyone has Prime either.

In message , at 14:16:09 on Sun, 2 Oct 2016,
Mizter T remarked:

You can of course also compete with Amazon using Amazon's platform!

Only in a small subset of products, preferably ones not available via
Amazon Prime.

Or sell them cheaper than Amazon.

It's not a sustainable business to sell things cheaper than Amazon,
while also paying them to use the platform.
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Roland Perry

On 2016-10-02 14:34:07 +0000, Roland Perry said:

In message , at 14:16:09 on Sun, 2 Oct
2016, Mizter T remarked:

You can of course also compete with Amazon using Amazon's platform!

Only in a small subset of products, preferably ones not available via
Amazon Prime.

Or sell them cheaper than Amazon.

It's not a sustainable business to sell things cheaper than Amazon,
while also paying them to use the platform.

It can be - plenty of people do.

Neil
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Neil Williams
Put my first name before the @ to reply.

In message , at 17:26:05 on Sun, 2 Oct
2016, Neil Williams remarked:

It's not a sustainable business to sell things cheaper than Amazon,
while also paying them to use the platform.

It can be - plenty of people do.

What makes you think their businesses are sustainable?
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 14:16:09 on Sun, 2 Oct 2016,
Mizter T remarked:

You can of course also compete with Amazon using Amazon's platform!

Only in a small subset of products, preferably ones not available via
Amazon Prime.

Or sell them cheaper than Amazon.

It's not a sustainable business to sell things cheaper than Amazon, while
also paying them to use the platform.

It is if you charge people for postage

not everyone has Prime

tim

In message , at 18:24:03 on Sun, 2 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:
You can of course also compete with Amazon using Amazon's platform!

Only in a small subset of products, preferably ones not available via
Amazon Prime.

Or sell them cheaper than Amazon.

It's not a sustainable business to sell things cheaper than Amazon,
while also paying them to use the platform.

It is if you charge people for postage

What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very best
discounts.

not everyone has Prime

Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
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Roland Perry

On 2016-10-02 17:43:46 +0000, Roland Perry said:

What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very best
discounts.

Amazon charge quite a lot for postage for non-Prime purchases. No
doubt this is very profitable for them.

Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

Neil
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Neil Williams
Put my first name before the @ to reply.

Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-10-02 17:43:46 +0000, Roland Perry said:

What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very best
discounts.

Amazon charge quite a lot for postage for non-Prime purchases. No
doubt this is very profitable for them.

No, I get free delivery with all my Amazon-fulfilled orders, without Prime.
I just make my orders are all for goods with a total value of at least £20.

In message , at 19:18:36 on Sun, 2 Oct
2016, Neil Williams remarked:
What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very
best discounts.

Amazon charge quite a lot for postage for non-Prime purchases. No
doubt this is very profitable for them.

Not always. The last thing we bought, would have been zero postage even
without Prime, for the slowest delivery option.

Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 19:18:36 on Sun, 2 Oct
2016, Neil Williams remarked:
What? Less postage than Amazon, who will have negotiated the very best
discounts.

Amazon charge quite a lot for postage for non-Prime purchases. No doubt
this is very profitable for them.

Not always. The last thing we bought, would have been zero postage even
without Prime, for the slowest delivery option.

Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.

not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service

tim