Bujutsu

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Bujutsu replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 10:46 PM

Re: Munger Likes Michigan

Go Berkshire Hathaway! Go Blue!

Bujutsu (A proud University of Michigan grad.)

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Bujutsu replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 10:29 PM

Re: OT: Amazon Prime vs. Costco

Goofyhoofy wrote:

"No. It's a number I recall from some of the stories at the time of Amazon's acquisition of Kiva, the maker of those little orange robots... I don't think 95% is outlandish. I also don't know that Amazon has [more]

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Bujutsu replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 10:57 PM

Re: OT: Amazon Prime vs. Costco

Goofyhoofy wrote: "Amazon has no such constraints because it's all warehouses which no customer ever sees. More than that, they're 95% automated warehouses with robots shuffling the inventory in and out."

Sorry, but... [more]

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Bujutsu replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 11:32 PM

Re: OT: Amazon Prime vs. Costco

All I know is that I douct that Amazon could ever replace my local Costco.

I'm in Costco every week, without fail, to purchase food for the week.

That often leads me to purchase larger , with higher profit margins, from them too. [more]

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Bujutsu replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 9:34 AM

Re: OT: Squandered Inheritances

I found this excerpt absolutely stunning:

"Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) amassed more than $100 billion (in today's dollars). His early heirs went hog-wild building baronial estates like The Biltmore, a 250-room [more]