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Old 12-10-2009, 01:50 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Nitrousoxide View Post
Remember folks, as long as you don't get the discount when you pay with micropay space bucks the real discount you're seeing a fraction of what you might think it is.

Lets say there are two books priced at 9.99 with a 50% rebate level. You get 5 bucks back with each one, that gives you enough space bucks to buy one 9.99 book.

So for $20 you've gotten 3 books for an average of $6.66 a book. That's only a 33% discount, not the 50% you were thinking you were getting.
Yes, but right now you *are* getting the discount when you pay with Micropay. A really sweet deal. I bought almost my entire wish-list with my $132 Micropay balance, earned mainly on 100% rebate books.

I've spent $613.17 total at Fictionwise and prior to tonight I had received 156 books for an average cost of $3.93/book. I added 35 books and a short story tonight, only using my Micropay balance so now have 191 books (we'll ignore the short story) for an average cost of $3.21/book. Not too shabby considering many of these are higher priced books that are still selling for $10-12. For example Infidel which is $9.99 for the Kindle version or In the Woods which is also $9.99 for the Kindle version.

Plus the $3.93/book I paid before eating through my Micropay balance wasn't a bad deal either, although some of it was earlier Micropay purchases.

-Marcy

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