I talked to a jet employee a few weeks ago.. I think she said Jet was founded in

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Jun 25, 2017
6:28:42pm

HoustonCougar All-American

2015 or something like that. You'd think for $3B, Walmart could have done its own version without buying it.

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Wal-Mart bought Jet.com for $3 billion to counter Amazon. Does anybody use Jet?

jrifkin48

6/25/17 6:15pm

Once, and then realized they don't have a return policy.

Thunder Buddy

6/25/17 6:16pm

Makes it hard to find just the right luggage set.

Slim

6/25/17 6:21pm

Not quite. They give you the choice.

Zman

6/26/17 12:15am

Never heard of it

kotacoug

6/25/17 6:16pm

Me neither

Coug98

6/25/17 8:14pm

Never heard of it either. Maybe the buy was for infrastructure?

SweetBabyG

6/25/17 6:17pm

I used jet a couple of times before walmart acquired them.

cracka

6/25/17 6:18pm

I've used it once, recently, to buy a light for one of my handguns

Jericho

6/25/17 6:19pm

Used it once

cougarfann888

6/25/17 6:20pm

Competition is good. Is anyone coming close to competing with amazon?

Byu4life

6/25/17 6:21pm

They got all of Jet's management team and have completely remodeled the

Tim

6/25/17 6:23pm

Link:

Tim

6/25/17 6:24pm

This. They didn't buy Jet for their sales - they bought them for their tech

Mike Honcho

6/25/17 6:26pm

I talked to a jet employee a few weeks ago.. I think she said Jet was founded in

HoustonCougar

6/25/17 6:28pm

Exactly. That's a lot of money for an entity that doesn't have loyal customers

jrifkin48

6/25/17 6:31pm

3 billion to buy a network of fulfillment centers and kill a growing competitor,

Tim

6/25/17 6:39pm

Just used them a couple of weeks ago for the first time.

rainorsnow

6/25/17 6:53pm

This is one of the best 'counter' moves in history. Nothing will stop Amazon.

ClackamasCoug

6/25/17 7:06pm

They keep sending me ads in the mail, and I've been meaning to look at it

buffgato

6/25/17 7:37pm

Hadn't heard of them til recently. Anecdotal, but bought this arbor for $203

timpjynx

6/25/17 7:48pm

Jet was a good purchase for Walmart - Walmart just paid too much.

CrimWalCoug

6/25/17 9:45pm

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