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Originally Posted by HarleyB
Wow $49.99!! That's amazing - I wonder if they have sold ANY? Was that on Whitcouls or Kobo?
It's AUD$9.99 on kobobooks.com and borders.com.au but AUD$10.36 at Amazon so this is one of those times when Kobo beats Amazon - no further discounts allowed though.
I'm a bit surprised that NZ seems to be treated so differently to Australia. I honestly thought we were suffering through this type of rubbish together - sorry!
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I'm surprised they are different too - I actually thought they were the same market, esp as all the discount codes we get have "au" in them.
The $49.99 is on kobobooks.com - it's not available in epub at Whitcoulls, although the hard cover book can be bought there online at $40!
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Originally Posted by molman
That is almost worth an email to Kobo to just check they've set that pricing right, and to the publisher to ask what the?
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I did that - and got a very supportive email back from Nathan Maharaj their Merchandising Manager. He advised that they have again approached the publishers pointing out these discrepancies and agrees that New Zealanders are getting a bad deal. They are working to try and resolve it and appreciates my patience. I was impressed with his response even if it doesn't resolve it now - good service anyway.
Conversely I contacted the CEO of Hachette in New Zealand and got a terse
"The Kobo prices you quote are all well below the current print edition prices. I am afraid that I am unable to comment on the prices charged by Amazon, but we believe that our pricing offers the reader good value for an electronic edition". This is bollocks as my examples clearly show - and the Steve Jobs one today where the hard cover is $40. They simply don't care.
(I could make rude comments about the French and their love of New Zealand such as we beat them at rugby and they blew up the Greenpeace ship in Auckland harbour - but that wouldn't be very professional would it! This is what I'd like to do to Hachette
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