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Originally Posted by tompe
Totally rational arguments. It is well known that the absolute value is irrelevant. What is important is that you do not want to make a bad deal. So it is time-saving to have the same price.
I hate all coupons and the time waste it is to handle then. So I think the situation without coupons with a well known price is much better.
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In my case, I was being sarcastic because:
1) In general, ebook prices increased after agency pricing went into effect.
2) When I commented on the DOJ case, I compared my ebook purchase prices from before the agency pricing to what was being charged after agency pricing had been in effect for over a year, and I would have paid over twice as much for the same books, which would have cost me several thousand more than what I actually paid. Maybe you don't buy enough books that it's worth it to you, but it's been worth it to me.
Any time Apple tries to make the argument that what they helped orchestrate was beneficial to the customer, it just makes me so angry. If the publishers really were losing money on ebooks (which I don't believe they were), they should have just raised the prices, and not plotted with Apple for force all prices higher.