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Originally Posted by jocampo
I'm not going to waste my time reading and article that started with such a silly title.
Business are business. No company wants to be your friend, not even the one I work for. They exist because they provide some service to you, and users invest or spend money on those services. Some people like Amazon, others do not.
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Bravo! Like you, I am a big fan of Amazon and have been a customer of theirs for years.
I chose not to get a Kindle because I preferred the features of the Sony, but I continue to buy plenty of other stuff from Amazon in the US, UK, France and now and then, Germany.
I don't care for Amazon's position on sales tax in the US. If they can charge me the appropriate VAT for my purchases from the various European branches, then they have the software to do the same for sales taxes within the 50 states and base it on the shipping address, just like they do here in Europe. (And I note that if I did buy Kindle books from Amazon.com they, too, include the appropriate VAT in the prices.)
But that's their business decision to make and they seem to want to get their corporate lawyers to fight the sales tax issue, so fine and dandy. As long as they continue to offer stuff I want to purchase at good prices and with excellent customer service (almost unheard of here in France!) then I will continue to buy from them.