"JohnO" > wrote in message
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> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>> "JohnO" > wrote in message
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>>> Well, IMHO their fees are pretty high, and they are raking in billions
>>> for little more than running a big website.
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>> All they do is run a web site?
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>> FYI,.they employ 13,200 people.
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> Seriously? Dang, considering they don't have a phone number, that's pretty
> big. Well, I have to go start another sale...got a pile of old Heathkit
> crap...uhhhh, I mean classic electronics gear... to unload.
>
> -John O


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When someone says "all they do is run a web site" it irritates me. Sure,
they are in business to make money, but they also have a lot of costs, a
huge payroll, rent, taxes, employee benefits, utility bills, etc. This
certainly is not run by a kid with a computer in the bedroom.

Same with most businesses. Where I work I often take visitors into the
plant and warehouse. They see our inventory and make comments like "wow,
you guys must make a lot of money". I ask them what they think our gas and
electric bills are. They guess that electric is $500 and gas is maybe
$1000. In reality, electric is $20,000 and gas is $25000 in summer, $30,000
in winter.