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DiapDealer · 07-13-2014, 06:11 PM

Seems like a rather obvious response, no?

If you tell someone who WANTS to ship books for $0 that they can no longer—by law—do so (but didn't included any minimum book-shipping charges in the new law) what do you think they're going to start charging?

Did they think they were going to suddenly start charging whole-dollar/euro amounts or something?

What's next? Amend the amendment to the 1981 law to mandate a minimum percentage of the book-portion of the total order amount to be charged as a shipping fee?

I understand the desire to preserve the physical book-store culture--I really do. But what idiot thought new, easily-thwarted legislation like this was going to help them in that regard?

07-13-2014, 06:11 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,703 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Seems like a rather obvious response, no? If you tell someone who WANTS to ship books for $0 that they can no longer—by law—do so (but didn't included any minimum book-shipping charges in the new law) what do you think they're going to start charging? Did they think they were going to suddenly start charging whole-dollar/euro amounts or something? What's next? Amend the amendment to the 1981 law to mandate a minimum percentage of the book-portion of the total order amount to be charged as a shipping fee? I understand the desire to preserve the physical book-store culture--I really do. But what idiot thought new, easily-thwarted legislation like this was going to help them in that regard? Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-13-2014 at 06:16 PM.