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Originally Posted by jaxx6166
Does buying new copies mean what I think it does?
Because that is a serious flaw for the end user, but a plus for the company.
Imagine..buying a book and having it not download, so you have to buy it again. A $10 book now costs $20+
Then again, it's the same nonsense apple has been using for years with the itunes store.
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You don't pay double.
The first purchase fails because of forgetting VPN. No bill, no book.
You repeat the purchase, this time with VPN. This time you get billed.
The flaw in B&N's system is, that the failed attempt shows in your library. On nook, you see "greyed out" entries of those failed attempts. You can't delete them, like you can do with the other (working) purchases, as they're not accessible. You only can archive them and hide archived items on nook. But that's just a temporary solution, you wouldn't want to have "defective" titles in your archive.
B&N is not helping at all, their support doesn't have an idea about this flaw. They keep suggesting to delete the titles - which is NOT possible.
If you repeat the purchase, you "overwrite" the defective one. For books, that's working. Not for magazines/newspapers though, it mixes up the issues.