Amazon's next 10 victims

Radio Shack prices are crrrazzzy! I priced a Radio Shack USB cable over the phone $21.99. On Amazon $1.58...what are you gonna do? There is no stopping progress, look what Walmart did to all of those mom and pop shops. They're certainly hard to feel sorry for!!!

Office Depot, Radio Shack, and Pet Smart are all overpriced. To give you an example, I can buy a whole ham chop it up and freeze it in individual bags for dog treats far cheaper than I can buy a 10 ounce bag of dog treats at Pet Smart. Whenever I go into Office Depot the place is empty because they do not cater to walk in customers. Try and purchase a three ring binder for less than 14 dollars or a simple set of dividers for less than 10 dollars and your out of luck. Radio Shack sells junk at astronomical prices. As a consumer I go where I can get a fair deal on good merchandise, which is what Amazon specializes in plus I get free shipping and in most cases I do not get charged sales tax. Do the math folks.

The internet and Amazon are so great pretty soon none of us will ever have to interface with another human ever again. We can all live  and shop virtually on the internet.

Amazon like all other internet retailers offers nothing but price on any given item (even if there customer service is perfect). I look forward to the day when all of the idiots buying from these guys find everything they purchase must be done online and you can never touch or feel the product because all of the retailers are gone as this article predicts.

You will have to buy on faith, because there will be no retailers left to go experience the actual product you are considering. Add to this that without retail competition Amazon may have to open ther own retail locations to fulfill this consumer demand, and will then loose their competitive advantage and will be forced to raise prices (cycle complete).

Additionally, the sales tax advantage that should have been closed years ago (all internet sales must pay sales tax) and you have a couple of the real reasons Amazon is succesful. Jeff Bezos is really not that smart..just an opportuntist that started out with one really big avantage with the sales tax loophole. I wonder how many political campaigns he has funded to keep this going for as long as it has? Plenty to be sure...

Given the debt and revenue problems this country is experiencing (take a look at the debt clock sometime) and then tell me how great this company really is and how they have addded anything of value to commerce is America? Thats right becuse when you compare the corporate taxes they pay vs the loss of revenue (both sales tax & income tax) of the retailers they intend to put out of business it is a net loss that is very significant.

All of this so Joe Lunchbox can save a few bucks on his/her next TV or book purchase?

Like most other things in this country the masses are easily led and will be all the way to the slaughter, including the author of this article!