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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I believe I was the first to mention the word "cheapskate" in this thread. But I can assure you it wasn't used to refer to people who weren't willing to pay the highest price for books (in any format). I was refuting one particular poster's presumption that those who ARE willing were weak, pathetic and sad. I have no delusions that my willingness to pay retail, new-release prices for ebooks somehow makes me a better fan and/or more of a supporter of "the arts" in general (or authors in particular).
If my "cheapskate" comment is being used in an attempt to support that ridiculous notion, then I apologize. It is my opinion that being willing to pay more for books makes someone willing to pay more for books and nothing more. It says nothing about people who aren't willing to pay current retail new-release prices (and are willing to wait for prices to come down, or for sales/promotions, or simply choose to get their reading material from a library wherever possible).
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You have no reason to apologize.
And you're right, calling people who do pay release prices pathetic and weak is of course just as bad and insulting.