Interesting! I didn't know it was that small. I knew they were pretty prickly with competition, but I thought they had done some funding and work with consumer advocacy, but I could be wrong on that. Thanks!
Yeah, no. Amazon follows the Blitzkrieg model - raid and pillage then roll that money back into the war effort. Expansion uber alles. Works great until there are no more lands to conquer. I'd be curious as to what their actual cost on Amazon Prime is - they started it at $79 in 2006. Simply adjusting for inflation it should be $95 now and shipping costs have been up. Amazon's P/E ratio is over $600-1. Walmart's is 15. Amazon operates at negative cash flow. Apple has one tenth of ALL THE CASH. I look at the way Amazon operates and I think Enron or Worldcom. I'm not a smart enough or savvy enough investigator to make my case, but I get nervous nonetheless.