It's all about marketing and distribution. If every manufacturer sold their own item at their own store and no place else, there wouldn't be any CompUSA's, or CostCo's, or Sam's Club's, or any of the like.
-Terry
Ok, great argument today! MORE MORE MORE. Love that! ![]()
Now, here is why I side with Tom on this one. Tom (I think) said Comedy Central will make more money selling content on BOTH their website AND the iTunes store especially since the iTunes store will DWARF the number of hits Comedy Central gets from PEOPLE LOOKING TO PURCHASE VIDEO. Molly says (I think) why sell it anywhere but your store, Comedy Central, when you can take all the profit?
Duh.
It's the exact same reason that Apple sells its computers online from its website and in its Apple brick and mortars AS WELL AS at Comp USA, MacWarehouse, MacConnection, etc. etc. They won't make 100% profit but if you sell 10 times as many computers at places where PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE COMPUTERS AND IPODS and make 75% profit that's a h*ll of a lot more money than 1 times 100%.
So: 75% times ten. Or 100% times one. I'll take the money from the first equation any day.
-Kevin S.
PS Love ya Molly
Just siding with Tom on this one.

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