Re: [LINK] The state of e-commerce in Australia

From: Alastair Rankine (arankine@avaya.com)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 01:36:42 EST


(Sorry Linkers about the HTML email. It seems that no matter how I
configure Outlook, my email is coverted from plain text to HTML. I've
raised the issue with our server admins (outsourced of course :). In the
meantime I'm switching to Mozilla, will see if it's any better...)

> I think in part we're illustrating a difference between US/Au society,
> not US/Au dotcoms. Briefly: mail-order in America has a much greater
> penetration with consumers than in Australia.
>
Indeed, and the reason is pretty simple: no sales tax on most mail order
items. The savings often covers the additional expense of shipping.



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