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

[Robert Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>]

It's a necessity to go to the movies?

At 09:29 AM 10/07/1999 PDT, JS M wrote:
>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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