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Ninjalawyer · 05-18-2012, 08:00 AM

I use Amazon.com all the time and I don't even have the option of buying from the .com site since it doesn't ship to Canada (and the Canadian site is awful). Poor, poor Amazon, providing a great showroom for other sites and not getting a dime. Maybe we should raise taxes and give a little bit to Amazon to compensate them, or bar anyone who goes on the Amazon site from shopping anywhere else for 24 hours.

The complaint about Amazon using brick and mortar stores as showrooms is a side-show, just something the publishing industry can dress up as a negative and use to support their current "Amazon is the bogeyman" meme.

05-18-2012, 08:00 AM	#94
Ninjalawyer Guru Posts: 826 Karma: 18573626 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Nexus 7 (2013)	I use Amazon.com all the time and I don't even have the option of buying from the .com site since it doesn't ship to Canada (and the Canadian site is awful). Poor, poor Amazon, providing a great showroom for other sites and not getting a dime. Maybe we should raise taxes and give a little bit to Amazon to compensate them, or bar anyone who goes on the Amazon site from shopping anywhere else for 24 hours. The complaint about Amazon using brick and mortar stores as showrooms is a side-show, just something the publishing industry can dress up as a negative and use to support their current "Amazon is the bogeyman" meme. Last edited by Ninjalawyer; 05-18-2012 at 08:02 AM.