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Originally Posted by asciibaron
i highly doubt Amazon is really concerned about the loss of a percentage of the SO models no longer displaying the ads - they are making money on the units, it might not be keystone numbers, but they are profiting never-the-less. it would be foolish to take the loss unless they were going to recoupe the revenue. and simply saying that there are x amount of SO's sold means they can demand ad space for some amount based on the potential audience - it doesn't matter if the potential audience numbers and actual audience numbers don't jive, they never will - death, dis-interest, and failure after the warranty all reduce the actual vs. potential audience.
this has all been counted and re-counted so Amazon makes a profit.
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This is a little too much along the lines of "It's OK to exaggerate your losses a little, the insurance companies already take that into account" for me.