Re: ecommerce

["John and Laurie Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>]

Let us not forget the cost of doing business in Moscow.  Goods purchased
here, be they toys or gas, the price also reflects the local support of a
non tax paying large business located here, the UI.
john


John and Laurie Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com

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> From: Lois Melina <lmelina@moscow.com>
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: ecommerce
> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 11:54 AM
> 
> If gas stations charge more for gas because we are isolated here in
Moscow
> and can get away with it, we object and suggest boycotts or buying gas in
Troy.
> 
> If a toy store charges more for a toy in Moscow and we buy it on the
> internet because it is less expensive, we are not good citizens.
> 
> Besides admonishing people to buy locally, what can the local business
> development people do to help local businesses be more competitive? Is
price
> the major issue, or is selection the issue?
> 
> by the way, not only do some of us have internet presences and bring
money
> into Moscow that way, but some of us here in Moscow have products that
are
> sold in places like amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com and get money
brought
> into Moscow as a result of those sales. 
> 
> Lois Melina
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