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There was just an article in today's Denver Post newspaper about large retailers who are implementing, or thinking about implementing, a "no return return policy". In other words, if you don't want something, let the retailer know that you want to return it and they will refund your money, but you don't have to return anything. They say "just keep it".
In a practical sense, that's pretty close to Amazon's eBook return policy. In other words, not a return policy at all. Just an invitation to fraud.
I thought Amazon's eBook return policy was something like 15 minutes. I used it once - scrambling to return the eBook I had just accidentally purchased. Somehow, I was looking at a book, decided I didn't really want it, then clicked on "Buy It Now" (or whatever the button says) when I really meant to click the X to close the window. Talk about an embarrassing brain fart! The book returned just fine and I wasn't charged for it. But I was under the impression that the return window was very short - minutes, not days.
Amazon has some really strange policies regarding eBook payment to the authors IMHO. Another one of their weird ones that I have read about on these forums, is some kind of "pay per page read" scheme. If that's truly the case, then authors never get paid a penny for my eBook purchases from Amazon. Since I keep my Kindle in Airplane Mode 100% of the time, Amazon must think that I never read any of the books that I purchase. I guess Amazon keeps all my money for themselves - screw the authors. This isn't fair to the authors, but I am under no obligation to allow my Kindle to connect to the internet. If the authors aren't paid because of that, that's an issue they should take up with Amazon, not me.
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