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Ben Gilbert: commitment

16 Aug 2022 Acquired Amazon.com

“One out of every 10 things that I buy in that way from a merchant that is not Amazon, I will have some headache with.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
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Verified speaker
Claim type
commitment
Recorded
16 Aug 2022
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Amazon.com

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…Again, this is the difference versus when we were broke post college students. What are you going to save? On stuff, are you going to save $10? You're going to spend half an hour to save $10. For a lot of people, that makes a lot of sense. And then have potential headache. One out of every 10 things that I buy in that way from a merchant that is not Amazon, I will have some headache with. Therefore, if you probability adjust the amount of dollars that I'm saving in terms of potential time cost later in headache, it's just not worth it. Totally, especially I got a baby now. I ain't got time for that. Hell no. Amazon.…

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