Why does the publishing industry need my address before I can make a purchase?

tracyeo · 04-11-2010, 12:32 PM

Does anyone know what this is?

abookreader · 04-11-2010, 12:39 PM

Sales Tax.

With the Agency Publishing Price switch sales tax is now charged based on the physical address/addresses of the Publisher rather than the web retailer.

Whether or not you will have to pay sales tax is dependent upon the State you live in and the particular publisher who is selling you the book.

Worldwalker · 04-11-2010, 02:09 PM

Are you paying by credit card?

If so, it's required by the credit card company and the clearinghouse that processes it.

mores · 04-11-2010, 02:18 PM

Off Topic: when you press and hold the ALT button before you press PRTSCRN, you take a screenshot of just the current window, not your entire desktop.

Just in case you don't want people to see your file-sharing icons

EDIT: I don't own a PC anymore, so I have no idea what icons are in your toolbar. I was just poking in the dark.

tracyeo · 04-11-2010, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abookreader

Sales Tax.

With the Agency Publishing Price switch sales tax is now charged based on the physical address/addresses of the Publisher rather than the web retailer.

Whether or not you will have to pay sales tax is dependent upon the State you live in and the particular publisher who is selling you the book.

Thanks. That makes sense.

tracyeo · 04-11-2010, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mores

Off Topic: when you press and hold the ALT button before you press PRTSCRN, you take a screenshot of just the current window, not your entire desktop.

Just in case you don't want people to see your file-sharing icons

EDIT: I don't own a PC anymore, so I have no idea what icons are in your toolbar. I was just poking in the dark.

Thank you for this very useful tip. Gotta love the Mobileread community.

Tricorp · 04-11-2010, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracyeo

Thank you for this very useful tip. Gotta love the Mobileread community.

I did not know that either, lol

lucielcd · 04-12-2010, 03:36 PM

they also need your address to determine your geographic location because some ebooks sold outside the USA are priced higher on Amazon.com

GlenBarrington · 04-13-2010, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

Are you paying by credit card?

If so, it's required by the credit card company and the clearinghouse that processes it.

Yes, I've noticed a trend lately for vendors selling by Credit Card to ask for data likely to be already stored by the CC issuing bank. I assume it is for CC validation purposes. Even many gasoline pumps will ask for zip code

You may know my CC number but you may not know my date of birth or my Postal zip code number of the billing address. And even if you know one of those, you may not know BOTH.

Kind of a PIA, but the world IS getting meaner. But then again, the bad guys will figure out a workaround eventually.

Worldwalker · 04-13-2010, 12:54 PM

That's exactly why they do it. Sometimes they overdo it. For instance, I had to abandon a purchase a while back because the checkout form was coded to break off my apartment number and put it on a separate line, while my CC company wouldn't approve the transaction unless it was on the same line, the way it is in their records.

I don't have a problem with a company that I'm doing business with, and that therefore needs to process my CC, wanting my address; they can't look at my ID and compare it to my face, so they need something to give them some confirmation it's really me. What ticks me off is the places that want every piece of personal information they can think of to fill out the form to tell them they've got a broken link on their website.

I'm not sure the world is getting meaner -- in the middle ages, travellers were waylaid and killed for their clothes! -- but there's always an arms race between the good guys and the bad guys. Always has been.

04-11-2010, 12:32 PM	#1
tracyeo Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 2017132 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: USA Device: Sony PRS-505;PRS-600;Sony PRS-350;Kobo Mini;Kobo Clara HD	Why does the publishing industry need my address before I can make a purchase? Does anyone know what this is? Attached Thumbnails

04-11-2010, 02:18 PM	#4
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	Off Topic: when you press and hold the ALT button before you press PRTSCRN, you take a screenshot of just the current window, not your entire desktop. Just in case you don't want people to see your file-sharing icons EDIT: I don't own a PC anymore, so I have no idea what icons are in your toolbar. I was just poking in the dark. Last edited by mores; 04-11-2010 at 02:46 PM.

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04-11-2010, 12:39 PM	#2
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	Sales Tax. With the Agency Publishing Price switch sales tax is now charged based on the physical address/addresses of the Publisher rather than the web retailer. Whether or not you will have to pay sales tax is dependent upon the State you live in and the particular publisher who is selling you the book.

04-11-2010, 02:09 PM	#3
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	Are you paying by credit card? If so, it's required by the credit card company and the clearinghouse that processes it.

04-12-2010, 03:36 PM	#8
lucielcd Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: computer/none	they also need your address to determine your geographic location because some ebooks sold outside the USA are priced higher on Amazon.com

04-13-2010, 12:54 PM	#10
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	That's exactly why they do it. Sometimes they overdo it. For instance, I had to abandon a purchase a while back because the checkout form was coded to break off my apartment number and put it on a separate line, while my CC company wouldn't approve the transaction unless it was on the same line, the way it is in their records. I don't have a problem with a company that I'm doing business with, and that therefore needs to process my CC, wanting my address; they can't look at my ID and compare it to my face, so they need something to give them some confirmation it's really me. What ticks me off is the places that want every piece of personal information they can think of to fill out the form to tell them they've got a broken link on their website. I'm not sure the world is getting meaner -- in the middle ages, travellers were waylaid and killed for their clothes! -- but there's always an arms race between the good guys and the bad guys. Always has been.