How much cash has Amazon Books got?

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Thu Mar 18 21:51:32 PST 1999


From WKiernan at concentric.net Thu Mar 18 20:55:30 1999

Then what do they use to pay their bills from Ingram and Fed Ex

with? I mean, they couldn't sending out shares of Amazon.com

stock to cover their suppliers's invoices? Or are they growing

so fast that, even selling at a loss, this month's cash influx

is bigger enough continue to pay last month's bills?

Make no mistake: Amazon is *not* selling books at a loss; their gross profit margins are around 20% (including incoming and outgoing shipping costs). They are net losing money because they spend so damn much on marketing and sales and advertising.

/jordan



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