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Re: Toysmart shuts online toy store
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lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory
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Date: 
Tue, 23 May 2000 16:04:47 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Rob Doucette writes:
Toysmart shuts online toy store

"The online toy
market is an incredibly competitive business that has some very strong
players," said Michelle Bergman, a spokeswoman for Go.com, which
oversees the Disney's Internet businesses.

Toysmart.com was perhaps a little too competitive.  I bought many current
items from them in support of my buy-to-sell-to-buy habit that it had clearly
priced at a level that had to be below their cost.

This shaking out may hurt us as buyers, but I think we should be able to get
at least one more good "suicidal sales season" out of toy e-tailers.

Will



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Toysmart shuts online toy store BOSTON (AP) - Toysmart.com is shutting down its online educational toy store after it failed to compete with bigger rivals on the Web including eToys and Toysrus.com. Shoppers logging into the site, which Walt Disney (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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