tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post3352618874299024681..comments2023-10-12T03:49:21.321-06:00Comments on Insomnia Notebook: …are we reading the last chapter for Barnes & Noble?Postinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-10788315249500023342014-05-18T10:26:49.413-06:002014-05-18T10:26:49.413-06:00Good question, Kirk. And the quick answer is I don...Good question, Kirk. And the quick answer is I don't know. But I suspect it has something to do with the convenience of the technology: no writing a check, no finding an envelope and a stamp, etc.<br /><br />My wife is an Amazon.com shopper. She is always looking for things she can't find in stores. It's a long story but several times she has come to me and said, "I looked all over town for (the item) and couldn't find it, and GOOD OLD AMAZON.COM! As usual, they had it." So now she goes to good old Amazon.com before even looking elsewhere.<br /><br />Postinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-86787794405839742732014-05-15T09:26:37.612-06:002014-05-15T09:26:37.612-06:00The whole buying things online phenomenon truly pu...The whole buying things online phenomenon truly puzzles me. How is Amazon.com any different from a mail order house? Those existed long before the Internet without having any effect on brick-and-mortar stores. One mail-order house, Sears and Roebuck, had their own brick and mortar stores. What's the difference? I'm told buying things online is cheaper, but why any cheaper than sending away for something you saw in an ad in the back of a magazine? Just asking.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.com