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Originally Posted by Mike L
I just don't understand this attitude. Of course I hate paying over the odds for an ebook, and like many folk here will avoid buying an ebook if the paper version is cheaper.
But by what stretch of the imagination can charging high prices be called "corporate greed"?
If a different vendor came along and started selling their product much more cheaply, wouldn't they be just as "greedy" by your definition? After all, the only reason they would do that would be to sell more books and therefore make more money. How is that type of greed different from the type you are complaining about?
Why not accept the fact that you not obliged to buy a product if you consider it too expensive. This has got nothing to do with greed. It's just the old story: the "right" price is the lowest price that will give the seller a profit and the highest price a customer is willing to pay. I think you'll find it's called capitalism.
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agreed in general, great remarks, except this is a legal monopoly. goodbye free market and goodbye capitalism.