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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
What about this?
So you consider the wholesale price to be THE price, instead of a discounted one. I consider the list price to be THE price. If you look at the OP again you will see that the 300% is comes from the the library having to pay $120 instead of the $40 retail price. But if you consider the wholesale price to be the actual price of the book, then the libraries are being charged 600%. |
There is no "THE price" other than what is paid at any given time by any given buyer.
The rightful owner of any product can sell that product for whatever price she wants.
She can sell it indiscriminately to everyone at the same price, dicker individually with each buyer, or do a combination of the two.
There is nothing unlawful about that (according to current U.S. law).
There is nothing immoral about that (according to my personal ethics).
There are certain exceptions to the above rule, but none relate to issues raised in this thread.