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Originally Posted by simplyparticular
For the books that I have investigated:
Amazon and B&N:
Random House -a mixture of MSRP or discounted 10-20%
Big 5 - MSRP + local sales tax (shows up at checkout)
Sony:
Random House - discounts of 5-30% off MSRP
Big 5 - MSRP + 5%
I can't tell if this is Sony is marking up 5% to cover the taxes they are required to collect, or if you also get charged the taxes, too. Anyone in the US buy from Sony lately?
Kobo:
Big 5 - US MSRP + 9%
Random House - discounted 5-40% off MSRP
Kobo shows me US pricing as their MSRP - I don't know if they use ISP to change pricing. It's possible, since I would think they have to use Canadian MSRP for Canadian customers? I wonder if they are also collecting US sales tax for the Big 5, or do they have to collect Canadian GST/PST? My local sales tax is 8.75%, so maybe that is the 9% markup I'm seeing? My US credit card charges a 2.96% exchange fee, so they are automatically more expensive for me.
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Good question.
List a few books and have people from other states check. Or change your address to a different state for a little bit and look yourself?