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Originally Posted by HansTWN
You forgot to add "anyway", meaning "Which is what Amazon pretty much succeeded in doing, anyway". The agency agreement didn't stop them, it was just a kick in the consumers' behinds. Seems most people will buy from Amazon unless Amazon is more expensive (more options, better service, better website).
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Or rather "Amazon had ALREADY" achieved it's near monopoly position as the Publishers acted so late.
The consumers weren't shafted. The consumers had been mislead by Amazon as to what the true price of the product was. Of COURSE consumers always want cheaper prices. That doesn't mean a company that's providing merchandise for cheap is doing the consumers a favor.
Big Co. comes into a small town and sells items for a loss untill all Small Co competitors are put out of business. Then Big Co. is free to raise prices.
Lee