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That all nice in theory, but since this is what i do for a living (senior back-end web developer), I can tell you most of the time it's not as easy/cheap as everyone thinks it is.
I've worked on several projects that had the executives, and sales/marketing people all giddy. The enthusiasm quickly evaporated when the learn it will require $150k worth of new hardware, and $500k worth of new support staff (the cost that never goes away). if you want to hear a pin drop in a meeting full of executives, tell them we need a new data center first, because the current one is at capacity.
It would not surprise me at all, to learn it cost over a million a year to keep Enco's website up and running.
This is a general web/tech issue though, as very few people seem to truly understand how costs can sky rocket when you want redundancy, scalability, & performance all in one.
if the options are go out of business, or get rid of the little guys, i know what i would choose,
. ). Told me once I log in the prices will reflect my discount. So here is a sample of pricing I'm seeing on some common items... Now the bad part is I never had to pay tax or shipping with enco. That negates much savings. Luckily there is a retail branch 2 blocks from my work so I can pick up on lunch hr and save shipping. 
