On the other side of things bezos saw the possibilities before other grasped the possibilities. Look at sears, they sold everything and had that sears catalogue in everyone’s house. They had a grand opportunity to change to internet. It is sad to see so many brick and mortar struggle but everyone here bitching has probably used amazon. In an interview a while ago Bezos said amazon is just temporary. Something will come along to knock it out, it’s the history of companies.