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Old 08-13-2009, 01:26 PM   #197
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
But, think of it this way....

Let's take a hardcover at say $25.99. Let's drop 40% off for having a Borders rewards card. Then let's ad din a sales tax of 5%. We have a grand total of $16.37. Now let's go to Sony and pay $9.99 for the same book. You've just saved 6.38. And this is on a best case scenario for the hardback. Not always will you get 40% off and some hardbacks are more than $25.99. And if you bought the hardback where there was no sales tax, you'd still be saving $5.60.
Sorry, but no.

What other products cost, to me, has no bearing on whether or not I see the pricing of eBooks as fair and reasonable.

Your numbers are right--but I don't look at it that way.

Like I said though. A step in the right direction, no doubt. May many more like this come along in the next year or two!

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