They've had one of these stores for a while at the Washington Square mall in a suburb of Portland Oregon. I entered it exactly once.
As you walk in the first thing you see is a sign that says, more or less: "all books are list price unless you're an Amazon Prime member". Which is not something that influences me in a positive way. They're basically saying I need to pay them $99/year to shop there.
Not that I'd want to shop there. I just don't see the point. As this article notes, there is very very little physical inventory. You can play with Kindles. Maybe that's the point?
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They've had one of these stores for a while at the Washington Square mall in a suburb of Portland Oregon. I entered it exactly once.
As you walk in the first thing you see is a sign that says, more or less: "all books are list price unless you're an Amazon Prime member". Which is not something that influences me in a positive way. They're basically saying I need to pay them $99/year to shop there.
Not that I'd want to shop there. I just don't see the point. As this article notes, there is very very little physical inventory. You can play with Kindles. Maybe that's the point?
Window shop at amazon store, buy on walmart.com (which now has free shipping over $35 with no membership). Oh how the tables have turned!