Comments on: Amazonian? http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/04/16/amazonian/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/04/16/amazonian/#comment-221335 Deborah Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:32:37 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=719#comment-221335 Does to me, too, Amy. :mad: Argg, Nat, I hear ya! I hate going into a restaurant and asking for a Coke only to be told, "We don't carry Coke, is Pepsi okay?" My answer is usually an emphatic, "NO!" Geez, if I would have wanted Pepsi, I would have ASKED for a Pepsi! Jen, I think you hit on the biggest problem of all. Getting customers to voice their protests en masse would make a huge impact I think. Getting them to actually do it is another story. It's like the current fuel prices. Oil hits an all time high at $113 a barrel...and there's not a damn reason for the increase! I know because I work with fuel on a daily basis, have to track trucks, barges, and pipeline shipments. There's plenty damn fuel to go around. We're just dealing with greedy oil companies and a government who refuses to step in and stop the madness. GRRRR Does to me, too, Amy. :mad:

Argg, Nat, I hear ya! I hate going into a restaurant and asking for a Coke only to be told, “We don’t carry Coke, is Pepsi okay?” My answer is usually an emphatic, “NO!” Geez, if I would have wanted Pepsi, I would have ASKED for a Pepsi!

Jen, I think you hit on the biggest problem of all. Getting customers to voice their protests en masse would make a huge impact I think. Getting them to actually do it is another story. It’s like the current fuel prices. Oil hits an all time high at $113 a barrel…and there’s not a damn reason for the increase! I know because I work with fuel on a daily basis, have to track trucks, barges, and pipeline shipments. There’s plenty damn fuel to go around. We’re just dealing with greedy oil companies and a government who refuses to step in and stop the madness. GRRRR

]]> By: Jen http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/04/16/amazonian/#comment-221334 Jen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:22:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=719#comment-221334 I've been gone all day and probably won't make sense. But I'm of two minds about this. It does seem heavy handed and you make great points. On the other hand, Amazon has the right to choose how they want to conduct their business. Just like Wal Mart has the right to choose to sell the books it wants to. Customers can protest and ask for the books they believe they are missing out on. Amazon will respond to that, I imagine. I’ve been gone all day and probably won’t make sense. But I’m of two minds about this. It does seem heavy handed and you make great points. On the other hand, Amazon has the right to choose how they want to conduct their business. Just like Wal Mart has the right to choose to sell the books it wants to.

Customers can protest and ask for the books they believe they are missing out on. Amazon will respond to that, I imagine.

]]> By: Terry Finley http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/04/16/amazonian/#comment-221333 Terry Finley Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:52:26 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=719#comment-221333 We can stick together and stop this. We can stick together and stop this.

]]> By: Natalie http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/04/16/amazonian/#comment-221332 Natalie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:33:10 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=719#comment-221332 Amazon, Bill Gates, Pepsi... They are all in a bid to take over the world! I went to Denver last weekend, and everywhere we went they had ONLY Pepsi products. They offer big discounts to vendors who only sell their products. They also go to schools and make donations as long as they ONLY sell Pepsi. Amazon is no different. They are trying to corner to the market on POD books. It's not a lovely thought, but it IS business. It's not a conspiracy. What they are doing is blatantly obvious. And that's just my take. Amazon, Bill Gates, Pepsi… They are all in a bid to take over the world! I went to Denver last weekend, and everywhere we went they had ONLY Pepsi products. They offer big discounts to vendors who only sell their products. They also go to schools and make donations as long as they ONLY sell Pepsi. Amazon is no different. They are trying to corner to the market on POD books. It’s not a lovely thought, but it IS business. It’s not a conspiracy. What they are doing is blatantly obvious. And that’s just my take.

]]> By: Amy Addison http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/04/16/amazonian/#comment-221331 Amy Addison Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=719#comment-221331 Smacks of power play to me. Smacks of power play to me.

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