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Old 03-22-2009, 06:23 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb View Post
Ahh, but that's just the thing. Amazon is free to charge more for the book, but you don't have to pay it. I go to amazon's own site and find the cheapest used copy available. They just lost the sale of an electronic copy, and since it's a re-sale, the author/publisher lost revenue. Eventually they may learn.
I've recently put some used books on Amazon to sell. They charge me, on average, $3 per book if it sells. That means I have to charge $4 to make a buck. (Unless you pay their monthly fee, then I think it waives the fee-per-sale.) So by buying the "cheapest used" you really aren't teaching them a lesson. They still made money on you--probably as much as the markup for an e-book.
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