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| In lugnet.robotics, David Schilling writes: [...] (...) From what I understand, Amazon makes no profit when a book is 30% off list and then grants a 15% referral fee.[1] The 15% is a maximum. A visitor to their site would need to buy directly (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I hope people don't get too worked up about all of this. I assume TLC decided to put links on their site, then someone had the idea that if they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From their perspective, why not take (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) When I signed my contract with O'Reilly, they indicated that net income on a book was approximately 50% of the cover price, so yes, if they make a profit it's negligible at best in these cases... (...) In my case, the contract was based on net (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| The following announcement was posted to the rec.toys.lego newsgroup earlier this week. Posted here FYI. If you are looking for LEGOS, then you should be shopping at A T O Y F U L W E E K E N D Antique & Collectible Toy Megashow Sunday, May 7, 2000 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| (...) I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads. (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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