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rchaud • today at 8:14 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Amazon didn’t borrow anywhere near this much. They also had the sales tax loophole that let them outprice the competition and take their market share for over a decade.


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tptacek • today at 8:34 PM

Right, OK, but then that's the interesting or newsworthy claim, not the company's ratings status --- junk status for companies that later went on to become among the most successful in the entire marketplace is not unprecedented.

enraged_camel • today at 8:22 PM

>> Amazon didn’t borrow anywhere near this much.

Amazon also did not go from ~$1B revenue to $16B in one year.

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