I noticed the other day that Kodansha had a manga sale going on across multiple platforms (Google Play, B&N, Bookwalker, and even MyAnimeList
https://kodansha.us/2023/04/11/get-f...-digital-sale/), yet when I visited the link to Kobo from their sale announcement page, it just opened up the Kobo’s front page. Searching for the sale titles showed me that they weren’t on sale at all. So I reached out to Kodansha.
The customer support team was friendly, but they informed me that their sale, unfortunately, won't be available on Kobo. They have now removed Kobo from the sale announcement page.
Of course, if I wanted to, I could use Kobo’s price matching, but this seemed a strange development. Kodansha’s last sale was supported on Kobo, and they are currently participants in Kobo Plus (That there could be the culprit). I wonder what could be going on.
Does price match work if the item is being sold for $0 on another site? I don’t see why not, but I’d rather not lose $7 per manga to find out. Also, is there a limit to how many items you can price match?