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ShellShock · 03-04-2012, 05:18 AM

I keep getting money off emails (30% this weekend) from Kobo (UK), with a long list of publishers with whom the discount cannot be used. Sure enough, whichever book I try to buy, the coupon cannot be used because of publisher restrictions, so effectively the coupon is useless. I believe this is because of "agency pricing". Can someone please remind me of the legal status of this practice, in the UK/EU? Is it being challenged? Is there somewhere I can go to constructively express my frustration at this anti-competitive practice, and hopefully help to get it banned, or at least get awareness raised?

03-04-2012, 05:18 AM	#1
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	Kobo UK discount coupons and publisher pricing I keep getting money off emails (30% this weekend) from Kobo (UK), with a long list of publishers with whom the discount cannot be used. Sure enough, whichever book I try to buy, the coupon cannot be used because of publisher restrictions, so effectively the coupon is useless. I believe this is because of "agency pricing". Can someone please remind me of the legal status of this practice, in the UK/EU? Is it being challenged? Is there somewhere I can go to constructively express my frustration at this anti-competitive practice, and hopefully help to get it banned, or at least get awareness raised?