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pmul · 10-07-2010, 08:05 AM

Hi,
noticed the following when ordering two new books this week:

1) The Moral Landscape - Sam Harris, published in the US on 5th October.

2) Surface Detail - Iain M. Banks. published in the UK on 7th October.

On the day of publication both eBooks were priced at almost double the Hardcover price, both dropped to a much more realistic level later in the day.

Is this a case of price-gouging those who pre-order? Also my order from Germany to Amazon UK was blocked when I did the One-Click oder, with a message about buying from another county than the one I'm registered in
(I use multiple Amazon accounts to order from the US and UK as I require).
Went via a proxy, worked fine.

10-07-2010, 08:05 AM	#1
pmul Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 11764 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: K-1, K-2-3G, K-3-3G, K4PC, K4iPhone, K4iPad, K-Touch-Wifi, K-Fire, DXG	Don't pre-order!!! Hi, noticed the following when ordering two new books this week: 1) The Moral Landscape - Sam Harris, published in the US on 5th October. 2) Surface Detail - Iain M. Banks. published in the UK on 7th October. On the day of publication both eBooks were priced at almost double the Hardcover price, both dropped to a much more realistic level later in the day. Is this a case of price-gouging those who pre-order? Also my order from Germany to Amazon UK was blocked when I did the One-Click oder, with a message about buying from another county than the one I'm registered in (I use multiple Amazon accounts to order from the US and UK as I require). Went via a proxy, worked fine. Last edited by pmul; 10-07-2010 at 05:52 PM.