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theducks · 07-11-2014, 10:05 AM

I hate Price fixing.

I also hate the fake 'List Price' some products use so they can always offer a discount

Deep discounters hurt the little retailer for a number of reasons:
1) They can't usually buy at the Wholesale purchase discount tier that the big guys do.
2) A greater % of the profits they do make go to overhead (rent, wages)
3) The big guys 'cherry pick' the high volume titles, skimming the volume sales away from the fuller service seller.

07-11-2014, 10:05 AM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,877 Karma: 55267620 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I hate Price fixing. I also hate the fake 'List Price' some products use so they can always offer a discount Deep discounters hurt the little retailer for a number of reasons: 1) They can't usually buy at the Wholesale purchase discount tier that the big guys do. 2) A greater % of the profits they do make go to overhead (rent, wages) 3) The big guys 'cherry pick' the high volume titles, skimming the volume sales away from the fuller service seller.