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Re: e-commerce in hype-rdrive
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Paul Courry <[log in to unmask]>
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Paul Courry <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:32:35 -0400
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Ah, but did you read the article where they noted that Amazon laid on a fleet of 100 FedEx planes to
get them all delivered on time? Something on the close order of 350,000 copies for delivery that day.


On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 00:55:11 -0600, Dennis Heidner wrote:

>And this morning at 11:00 AM pacific time, Fed Ex delivered Harry Potter to
>my neighbors house.  My daughters copy --- got shipped to work and will be
>delivered on Monday.  (we didn't think anybody would be home today)
>
>With all the publicity going on for the release of the book, I'm surprised
>that the publisher, Amazon, and Fed Ex didn't have special magnetic signs
>on the trucks announcing a Harry Potter delivery...
>

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