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jurre
on March 6, 2012
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Dropping Prices Again-- EC2, RDS, EMR and ElastiCa...
You can either sell one can of soda for $5 profit or you can sell ten for $1 profit.
batista
on March 6, 2012
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Or you can sell 1 for $1 profit, and lose $4 dollars over one sell at $5.
Lower prices != more volume guaranteed, you have to find an equilibrium.
nkohari
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Something tells me Amazon understands price elasticity pretty well.
jurre
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Of course. But I'm sure they have thought of that though before lowering their prices and their intention wasn't losing money.
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