Re: is e-commerce a the threat to main street trade?

["JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>]

Last night, on All Things Considered, Douglas Rushkoff did a commentary on 
e-commerce that links to the Cody Books piece.  Rushkoff commented about the 
use of Moviephone to order movie tickets.  Moviephone is now on the internet 
and movie tickets can be prepurchased on-line.  He says that in New York 
City, it's not uncommon to go to a movie that is sold-out from on-line 
prepurchased tickets.  Thus, he says, it has become essential to be on-line 
just to go to a movie.  He mused that what was once a luxury is now a 
neccessity, and that now the luxury is to interact at the ticket window.  He 
wondered if perhaps in the future the ability to go to the local store to 
purchase things from a real, live person might become a luxury with 
corresponding higher prices.
Thanks for the Cody Books thing; it's really thought provoking.
jm


>From: "Stephen Cooke" <scooke@uidaho.edu>
>
>FYI
>
>Steve
>
> >Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 15:17:16 -0700
> >From: Jaime Snyder <jsnyder@codysbooks.com>
> >Subject: Message from Andy Ross, owner Cody's Books
> >
> >WARNING: E-COMMERCE MAY BE DANGEROUS TO THE HEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY
> >
>

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