Would You Like a New Car With That $8 USB Cable? Amazon Hopes So.

Steve Picciotti’s Amazon.com AMZN 2.53%increase; green up pointing triangle purchases in April included an $8 USB cable, a $90 beard trimmer and a $45,000 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV.

Picciotti is the sort of die-hard customer the company is banking on to prove that people are finally ready to buy cars and Chanel handbags from the same place they get toilet paper and generic batteries.