Should B&H be worried about Amazon?

9 years 5 months ago #416408 by David Hutnik
:goodpost:


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9 years 5 months ago #416443 by Nancy Hait
And that's what makes them a major threat.  Amazon isn't limited to a tight profit margin photography industry only.  


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9 years 5 months ago #416485 by effron
Actually, I'll bet B&H has a higher profit per dollar of sale than Amazon this year, especially seeing how the latter has contracted with the "ever running in deep red ink" USPS for the bulk of their deliveries. (A huge mistake!)
Also note Adorama is an Amazon associate seller, and that has had to help their sales.....B)

Why so serious?
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9 years 5 months ago #416496 by Chris Briggs
:agree:  good point, one hand feeds the other  


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9 years 5 months ago #416497 by Screamin Scott
Just did a search on Amazon of several popular upscale models.... Most all the sellers had the same price for "new" cameras (of course since Nikon controls the suggested retail prices), thus why would one buy from a relative unknown small camera shop when they would pay the same price as B & H ?

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9 years 5 months ago #416515 by Randy Shaw

Screamin Scott wrote: Just did a search on Amazon of several popular upscale models.... Most all the sellers had the same price for "new" cameras (of course since Nikon controls the suggested retail prices), thus why would one buy from a relative unknown small camera shop when they would pay the same price as B & H ?



True, but when you buy from Amazon, doesn't that fall under Amazon warranty/customer support? 


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9 years 5 months ago #416681 by Owen
Amazon has so much market strength in so many areas that even if they didn't have a strong footing in photography, they have the resources to create a mess to those that do.  


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