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Today I googled around. Then I gave up. The choices were too confusing. I was gonna wait.
Then I did the near daily thing of visiting TechMeme. From there I ended up at this news story.
Google must act quickly on libellous Blogger posts, says appeal court
At the bottom of the news story was this ad.
It was a near perfect price for a perfect product, something I really needed to get. The ad did what my Google searches were not able to do.
So I proceeded to place the order.
While doing so Amazon said they would give me a free 30 day trial on Amazon Prime, if I accepted, the product would get free two day shipping. I opted in for the two day free shipping.
Then I have been browsing around their movie catalog. It is quite amazing. I think I am going to stay with Amazon Prime after the month long free trial is over. It is $79 per year. I could easily watch 50 movies in one year. And I guess you get to borrow one book a month for free. I am not a frequent Amazon shopper. But free shipping is enticing. I am now more likely to search on Amazon before elsewhere for some future purchases. I am locked in a little I guess, but I am not unhappy about it.
Here Google and Amazon did not compete. They provided me with a seamless experience. This is sound capitalism. The consumer won. I won.
