Thread: 100 free classics! But how?
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Old 01-12-2009, 09:15 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by cmbs View Post
I just noticed that Sony is calling the 100 free classics a $199 value. Books on Board is calling it a $500 value.

Amusing since they're FREE from several websites. And just reminds me how much these companies are attempting to manipulate customers.

Sony has always called it a $199 value, since without the promo the books are $1.99.

Which I'm totally OK with, because they were provided by my alma mater And on the flipside, I don't think a lot of people would know these were free elsewhere. So they totally could go out and pay full price for these. Honestly I had no idea when I bought my Reader that a lot of these Classics are available for free, so when I see $199 value I think well it's probably worth half that, but still, that's $100 in free books. Weeee! And it was one of the factors that sold me. So again, I'm totally OK with it. It's marketing, and you gotta do what you gotta do.
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