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Old 03-06-2009, 12:08 PM   #3
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That's fair enough. I would happily accept that if Waterstones explained it to me. I would also accept it if the staff had told me that when I first purchased the reader rather than telling me the books would be cheaper. I would also accept it if the support staff said that in their response to my mails.

As it is, Waterstones have never explained why other than several months ago when they said the prices where dictated by the publisher - something I happily explained meant they should have both versions at the same price as that is what the publisher sold them as (based on a mail I received from the publisher when asking their price reasoning)

I rarely buy from Waterstones as Fictionwise is much cheaper (usually) so it isn't much of a problem. Just would be nice to have the choice - even if both versions were the same price or really similar! A 15% difference (tax) would almost be acceptable (still annoying) but the 50% - 65% markups are unjustifiable.

And thank you for fixing the title
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