Trey Finney wrote:I lost an $800.00 sale because I quoted $3.00 higher. I have to
charge
> sales tax.
> When the manufacturer/distributor/mail-order (they are all under one roof)
> guys realize that they are eroding their support chain to the point that
> they are destroying their own future. Many of these corporations hung their
> hopes on E-Comm. OOOpppps that is headed in the toilet. The future demise
> of E-toys is now a matter of weeks away. How far behind is E-hobby?
I agree, e-hobbies is probably doomed, but I think they were doomed from the start,
and not because of any general failure of
e-commerce (I had a friend who went to work with them before they debuted their web
site, and I felt sorry for him them). Tower
Hobbies and the other established mail order houses had already got their e-business
sides up and running by the time eHobbies
debuted. Of course, these established businesses already had their whole
warehouse/ordering infrastructure set up, so I thought it
unlikely that eHobbies would survive (their prices weren't that great and neither was
their selection, btw). The mail order houses
were doing well before they all went online, and I don't see any reason why they will
do less well after it.
Just an observation...I'm not attempted to put a value judgement on it.
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