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Originally Posted by ficbot
I just cleaned out the last of my wishlist---these were mostly items I owned in print and wanted to convert to e-editions to save shelf space. I got six books, with the discount code and bonus rebates for secure eReader (5% per book) and large transaction rebate. So my total spent after this was $50.28 and I got $40.40 back in rebates, making my cost per book $1.64---and that's before I even spend the rebate!
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Faulty math. You've spent $50.28, so far you've gotten 6 books-that's $8.38/book. Yes, you have the micropay rebates-but that will increase the number of books you got, not the amount spent.
Assume (to make things come out evenly) you do a little better on the books you purchase with micropay, 'paying' only $8.08/book. That gives you 5 more books for which you've spent no additional money, so you spent a total of $50.28 for 11 books, an average of $4.57/book.
Now that's not bad so I'm not denigrating the deal you achieved, just showing the correct way to calculate the per book price.