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Originally Posted by avid01

It works; thanks! The Kobo page is really not friendly for its coupons.

By the way, I am new to Kobo. And this is bad: Why is Kobo Price-Gouging Some Customers But Not Others?

http://the-digital-reader.com/2012/1...ut-not-others/

While some retailers like Amazon like to selectively discount prices in order to get you in the door, other sites like Kobo prefer to jack up the prices charged to their regular customers.

Got a few minutes? Go check out the price on this ebook at Kobo: Frozen Heat. Make a note of the price and then log in (or log out). If you can see 2 different prices (I do) depending on whether you're logged in to your account, congratulations.


Kobo is gouging you on the price (unless you see a price discrepancy the other way, which is possible).

In Canada, there is a Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP) which protects customers from this kind of Kobo's misleading prices.

Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP): "If the scanned price of a non-price ticketed item (an item with a barcode that doesn’t have a price tag stuck to it) is higher than the shelf price or any other displayed price, the customer is entitled to receive the item free, up to a $10 maximum. When the item has a price tag, the lowest price applies. When identical items are incorrectly priced, the second one will be sold at the correct price."

SCOP is voluntary and thus can only be useful to consumers if Kobo participates in the program.