Here in Bloomington, Indiana: some stuff absent in stores can still be obtained online and quickly. Example: printers. Lotsa demo units at Best Buy, Staples & Office Depot, but almost no inventory. Ordered one from Who Knows through Amazon, and it arrived quickly.#
True, a sample of one; but suggestive of something not often mentioned—that one giant intermediary that's exceptionally good at logistics can sometimes function better than the ordinary market occupied by everybody else.#
I'm no fan of centralization or giantism in markets; but there are cases where its advantages are hard to ignore.#
Here in Bloomington, Indiana: some stuff absent in stores can still be obtained online and quickly. Example: printers. Lotsa demo units at Best Buy, Staples & Office Depot, but almost no inventory. Ordered one from Who Knows through Amazon, and it arrived quickly.#
True, a sample of one; but suggestive of something not often mentioned—that one giant intermediary that's exceptionally good at logistics can sometimes function better than the ordinary market occupied by everybody else.#
I'm no fan of centralization or giantism in markets; but there are cases where its advantages are hard to ignore.#