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icarusAmazon.com tells its shareholders it's not going to make a profit on the next Harry Potter book.
With their steep discounts, guaranteed delivery and free shipping, they're not going to make a profit on the biggest thing to hit publishing in the last ten years?
Good lord. These guys are as stupid as when I worked for them almost a decade ago. But hey, they are "cementing customer loyalty."
Hello? Customers will be just as loyal if you make a profit.
(Knowing them they just miscalculated the costs and now are trying to cover their collective asses. The place is run by teenagers.)
ETA: In other news, now have 838 more words of Out Of Bounds. And counting.
With their steep discounts, guaranteed delivery and free shipping, they're not going to make a profit on the biggest thing to hit publishing in the last ten years?
Good lord. These guys are as stupid as when I worked for them almost a decade ago. But hey, they are "cementing customer loyalty."
Hello? Customers will be just as loyal if you make a profit.
(Knowing them they just miscalculated the costs and now are trying to cover their collective asses. The place is run by teenagers.)
ETA: In other news, now have 838 more words of Out Of Bounds. And counting.
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Date: 2007-06-16 05:57 pm (UTC)Let's try this again.
"Well, it depends on what you want.
It's a fun Willy Wonka-esque place to work, but it's a kindergarten and probably the most unprofessional I've ever encountered. Their techies really are some of the best I've encountered and are on the ball. But the rest of place ... I've never seen anything like it. It reminds me of every movie I've ever seen where the kids take over the world and the adults have to fumble through, bemused, as the business deals involve things like "ice cream sundaes" and "longer recesses."
There. That's better.