On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:12:18 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/17/2017 5:13 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Taxed and Spent" > wrote in message
>> news
>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Bezos is laughing all the way to the bank. Ever hear how he
>>>>> started Amazon?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.biography.com/people/jeff-bezos-9542209
>>>>>
>>>>> Amazon started as an online *book store*. Brilliant!
>>>>>
>>>>> Bezos had the vision to realize the Internet and personal computer
>>>>> technology was about to explode. People would be shopping online.
>>>>> He's
>>>>> smart. He was two steps ahead.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unlike John Kuthe, with all his claims of having various college
>>>>> degrees... Jeff Bezos had a vision and started a company that changed
>>>>> the retail market.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do I pay for Prime? No. I don't buy enough items in a year to find it
>>>>> worthwhile. But I credit Jeff Bezos for the invention of online
>>>>> shopping.
>>>>
>>>> English entrepreneur Michael Aldrich was already pioneering in online
>>>> shopping in 1979, when Bezos was 15*. Amazon started in 1995.
>>>>
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>
>How many people had PC's in their homes in 1979? Show of hands, please.
>
>How many of you shopped online in 1979? Show of hands, please.

But that doesn't mean Jeff Bezos invented online shopping. Maybe he
was the first one who was very successful with it?