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Re:Confirmed: Walmart buys Jet.com for $3B in cash by tedmiston on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:55AM (#12248710)
I use them regularly. Mostly for items that are cheaper than from Amazon. Also with money from their cash back program, Jet Anywhere.

I would suspect one portion of it is their dynamic pricing model. I wish there were more info publicly available about the mechanics.

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Re:Confirmed: Walmart buys Jet.com for $3B in cash by jonknee on Monday August 08, 2016 @02:05PM (#12249687)
> I would suspect one portion of it is their dynamic pricing model. I wish there were more info publicly available about the mechanics.

It's a pretty simple transfer of VC money to customers in an attempt to increase growth.

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Re:Confirmed: Walmart buys Jet.com for $3B in cash by erichocean on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @06:05PM (#12258050)
> It's a pretty simple transfer of VC money to customers in an attempt to increase growth.

I guess it worked.

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