For a bargain, sure. Sounds like a good business model. I checked some prices though. And, I'm not sure they're all that great. I typically buy store brands for most stuff... and they're not beating store brand prices. For stuff that do go name brand, with coupons it looked like it might be cheaper....
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Ian Skinner<[email protected]> wrote: > > in order to get said packaged goods at whole sale prices and no shipping > costs? > > The new online toilet paper business: Alice.com > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10270643-2.html > > "While Alice appears to the end use to be a reseller ..., it's actually > built on a fundamentally different business model. Alice is not a > traditional middleman reseller. It takes no markup, CEO Brian Wiegand > told me. Instead, it collects a "fee" from the consumer packaged good > (CPG) manufacturers--the people who mix your toothpaste and put it into > tubes--for shipping products out, and it passes all the customer data it > collects from people buying the products back to the companies that make > them." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298820 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
