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by rcme 1062 days ago
> There was no Pets.com business model that would have worked, with any technology shy of a free energy transporter.

The Pets.com business model is essentially the same as Chewy, which does work. As far as I know, Chewy has not discovered a free energy transporter.
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ethbr0 1062 days ago
Chewy is Pets.com + being owned by one of two major pet related brick-and-mortars + diversification into vet and pharmacy services.
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rcme 1062 days ago
Chewy was already a multi-billion dollar company by the time it was purchased by PetSmart. Chewy is now publicly traded at a value of over 16B.

Not sure what your point is regarding vet and pharmacy services. Businesses expand. Pets.com, had they been successful, would have likely done the same thing. To use your Amazon example: obviously most of Amazon's revenue is no longer generated by selling books.

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