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Old 04-02-2008, 3:53 PM    #1
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News Amazon launches text-message shopping

By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer
Wed Apr 2, 7:38 AM ET


SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc.'s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones.

Amazon TextBuyIt, which launched late Tuesday, lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that's "Amazon" on the keypad) from anywhere their cell phones work — including from inside physical stores.

If Amazon stocks matching items, the service returns two results at a time. Shoppers can immediately buy one of the first two the selections by texting back the number "1" or "2," or they can ask for more by texting the letter "M."

New TextBuyIt customers will be prompted to enter the e-mail address associated with their existing Amazon account plus a shipping zip code. The service then calls them and walks through the checkout process using an automated voice system. Shoppers get confirmation by text message and e-mail.

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Old 04-02-2008, 5:51 PM    #2
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Wow...that is pretty darn cool.
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This is by far one of the coolest things I have seen.
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Very cool idea. I will have to use it when i go shopping up in Vegas.
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That's pretty nifty!
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Leave it to Amazon to come up with this one.
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Leave it to Amazon to come up with this one.
Yes, and a good idea too! Although I would be too nervous "texting to buy".

I think I would feel more comfortable in front of my home PC.....I don't think I need anything THAT bad
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Yes, and a good idea too! Although I would be too nervous "texting to buy".

I think I would feel more comfortable in front of my home PC.....I don't think I need anything THAT bad
Yeah, I'm with you on that. I prefer the PC experience when purchasing from Amazon, but I got to hand it to Jeff Bezos and the Amazon group, they sure know how to run a business! I purchase almost everything from them.
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Yes, and a good idea too! Although I would be too nervous "texting to buy".

I think I would feel more comfortable in front of my home PC.....I don't think I need anything THAT bad
But it would help when you just want to do a price comparison , without committing to purchase
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Default Re: Amazon launches text-message shopping

Exactly. There have been many times when I have thought to myself that I would go home and check out the prices online before buying something. I still might...but maybe not.
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