[Sigia-l] Amazon Prime (subscription-like service) - an innovation?

[Andrew Boyd]

Hi Ziya,

as far as I know (someone please correct me if I am wrong) the tariff on 
books is on the way out if it hasn't been removed already.

I get the feeling that the local shops charge whatever they can 
reasonably extract without holding a gun to the customer's head. Tariffs 
(maybe), smaller market, less scope for economies of scale, sure, but 
I've regularly seen books on Amazon at less than half the price I would 
have to pay for them locally even after the exchange rate and shipping 
are added - I have to assume that someone is trying to take me for a 
ride. That, and some Australian suppliers insist on sea-freighting from 
overseas even when asked not to, so a week's anticipated delay can 
become 6-10. And they charge almost as much for packaging and postage as 
Amazon. And orders seem more likely to go missing or get confused. 
Enough ranting :)

Amazon is probably the most visible face of the international economy 
for me personally - it would be a rare fortnight when I didn't order at 
least a couple of books. For my fiance, it would be a tough call between 
Amazon and the Japanese discount kimono dealers :)

Best regards, Andrew

Listera wrote:

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>>they are still more efficient than going through an Australian distributor
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>Is there a price difference? Tariffs on books, etc?
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>Ziya
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