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Originally Posted by rkomar
I'm no lawyer, but it seems that the intent of a law is as important as any technicality like charging one cent instead of being free. The intent is that shipping costs should not be used in an anticompetitive manner. So, I wouldn't be so sure that this will end up being a successful end run around the law.
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Well, I understand that we don't have the exact wording of the law, but if it doesn't state what price-point/percentage/whathaveyou actually
constitutes anti-competitive (non)use of shipping costs, what number were they supposed to come up with? Were they suppose to voluntarily negate their
entire pricing advantage over B&M book stores by adding shipping costs? Or maybe just a goodly amount of it? A smattering? My point is, you can't leave it up up to a
business to decide what is or isn't anti-competitive shipping behavior. Unless you clearly define it for them, they're going to do the minimum the law requires.