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For most people that think this is going to wipe out the B&M stores ... Have you guys been outside of Mountain View lately? I mean, this is just the most ridiculous thing; it's just nonsense. Has anyone here ever been to a Wal-mart? You think all those people are going to say "Nope, just buying next-day shipped products from Amazon now." It's just not serious.

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Not saying it'll knock out Wal-Mart, just the other B&M stores.

Never been to Walmart, no plans to either, why would I want to. I plan my purchases a few days in advance, know what I want and like that amazon makes it show up at my desk a couple of days later. Haven't shopped in a regular retailer for years. Except groceries, which I buy fresh every day.

Congratulations, you are what's called an outlier. Seriously, this post only shows how different from most US consumers you are.

OK, so what? I don't really understand this response. You're a perfect person. The height of physical fitness, nutrtious/organic eating habits, superior mental acuity, don't have any need for "The Man" or Big Box retailers, have ever seen a television, much less ever seen a "cable program," etc.

Whatever. But billion dollar retail industries are not built on great folks like you. They are built on probably what you'd consider the "Great Un-washed." :)

B-school 101 stuff. If we understand how the world really is, we can make more successful businesses because we will understand the market how customers think. We can't let our personal perfection cloud our judgement about the world as it is. :)

Yes, I'm grateful to Walmart for keeping the great unwashed from cluttering the isles of whole foods :)

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