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Drizzt
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 Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: Amazon sly tactics... |
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Has anyone had any experience of sly money-making tactics by Amazon? By example, I know they recently sent a press copy of a book (they get free press copies to read and review) to someone and yet charged them full price for it despite it being a free copy. As such, no money goes to the author and the customer gets ripped off... any other examples?
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TheJovialGnome
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:08 am Post subject: |
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Have no fear, they won't get away with it! I am penning my indignant letter to get my money back, whilst still keeping the book of course! 
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Drizzt
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I posted this on the Terry Brooks forum too and some are actually PRAISING Amazon for making more money!! 
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Panther
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*Praises Amazon for making more money*
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DarrenT
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Absolutely. Good old Amazon. 
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Selik
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:17 am Post subject: |
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No, no, no, not good old Amazon.
Actually there is another thing they've done, which is that when you review something and it only goes on the one Amazon site, if you want to put the same review on another Amazon site, you have to have made an order from that site as well to post the review.
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DarrenT
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Sounds like a sensible anti-spamming policy to me. Good old Amazon...
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Selik
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It could well be an anti-spam policy, but it also just might, if they're lucky acquire them a little extra here and there from people trying to post a review on both Amazon sites as a favour.
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