Amazon wins the electronics resale race

Written on the original Movable Type site and recovered from the Internet Archive.

So I have this Toshiba portable DVD player I bought two years ago and never used. Thought I would, but just never did. When it was new it was about $500. Now it is around $230. Mine is lightly used so I listed it here: Amazon.com: Used and New: Toshiba SD-P1200 7“ Portable DVD Player (Red)

The great thing about Amazon is that they already had ALL the metadata about the player including pictures and technical specs. I didn’t have to enter anything. I counted five clicks and my item was up there with a “buy it now” price of $100 less than anyone else. Way more than I would get on Ebay and FAR fewer clicks.


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