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   Pets.com RIP

   

   Jemma, Jun 19th, 2007 @ 6:03pm

   
   

   It's greedy sows like me who put Pets.com out of business! Since the company provided me with an endless stream of free coupons and electronic gift cards, I rarely paid for anything except the cost of shipping. The rational part of my brain understood that all of the dot coms were going to bust up sooner or later, because they all used the same sales tactic to draw in customers.
   
   My biggest Pets.com score was a $25 gift certificate and free shipping, regardless of the weight of the item purchased. So I bought two hundred dollars worth of cat litter. The look on the UPS guy's face was, as they say, priceless, when he innocently asked 'What the hell do you have in these heavy boxes, cat litter?' Hundreds of pounds of cat litter, carried up three flights of stairs. I opened the last box of cat litter about two years after Pets.com went bust.

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   Re: Pets.com RIP

   

   Mark, Jun 19th, 2007 @ 6:34pm

   
   

   So, you paid $175 for cat litter? Albeit did last you several years, didn't the wasted space take away from the purchase?

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   Re: Pets.com RIP

   

   David, Jun 19th, 2007 @ 7:00pm

   
   

   try chicken feed starter, from a feed lot. It is like $12 for a 50 pound bag and works great for litter. Just as good as world's best at 1 dollar a pound or so.

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   Re: Pets.com RIP

   

   DittoBox, Jun 19th, 2007 @ 8:03pm

   
   

   You sir/ma'am/miss have my eternal admiration.
   
   I salute you.

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   Pet food suppliers

   

   Ferin, Jun 20th, 2007 @ 5:32am

   
   

   My parents use a similar service to have their pet food delivered at home. It's a hell of a lot cheaper, and they have all the nutrional info and feeding tips, plus a huge selection of different foods. They've even put info about where the foods come from up since the whole mess with the wet food a few months ago. It's really quite nice, place the order, put the can outside, and when you come home, a fresh bag of food is in the can waiting. The .com bubble produced a lot of jokes, but I agree that this demonstrates that a lot of the company's did have some decent ideas, even if they screwed up the execution so completely.

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   Re: Re: Pets.com RIP

   

   Math Police, Jun 20th, 2007 @ 9:43am

   
   

   if its about a dollar a pound, wouldn't it be about $50 for a 50 pound bag?

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   Do you want a giraffe?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2007 @ 6:33am

   
   

   petsovernight.com "Delivering little bundles of love, in a box, directly to your door."

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