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Amazon Has Best Christmas Season Ever

By Jeralyn, Section Off Topic
Posted on Sat Dec 27, 2008 at 12:14:54 PM EST
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While retailers are drowning in their sorrows over disappointing Christmas sales numbers, Amazon is cheering. It had its best season ever.

I've been touting Amazon as having the best prices since November. It's now the first place I go online when looking to buy anything.

TalkLeft readers must be doing the same. This is the first month I've taken in more than $50 in affiliate sales from Amazon. Please keep them coming, and thanks to all of you who bought from Amazon through our links.

I think the best buys are in DVD's, electronics and books.

Where have you found great deals? (Update below)

Update: In response to some comments below about independent sellers, one of the great things about Amazon is that it lists the prices at third party sellers and provides direct links to get the item from them when their price is cheaper. Just look at the right hand column of any Amazon product page.

By giving consumers a choice -- to either buy from Amazon directly or from third party sellers -- Amazon is helping independent sellers stay in business and maintain employees. Examples of sellers I've bought from through Amazon and been quite pleased with are One Call in Seattle, J&R Electronics in New York and numerous independent booksellers.

In other words, Amazon isn't taking jobs away from other companies but helping those companies find business and keep workers.

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