tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24986236.post3997877116518370762..comments2023-10-30T16:30:03.993+08:00Comments on Daily Rantings: More Reactions from The Harry Potty Saga in MalaysiaBernsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12378752300233521319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24986236.post-11922771437003668432007-07-23T07:54:00.000+08:002007-07-23T07:54:00.000+08:00I support bibliobibuli. Factoring in the pre-order...I support bibliobibuli. Factoring in the pre-order people I don't think I was cheated. I got a 20% discount, Harry merchandize which I think made my paying price on par with what the hypermart is offering, the bare essentials. Also its not the price that is the contention is the hypermarts made their move. After months of hype and promotion by the bookstores, they announced a day before of the price cut undermining the bookstore's efforts. If they were sincere in 'helping' Malaysian readers they should have announced earlier of their price reduction and allowed people to choose, not carry out an ambush attack.Kervinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929610198004963217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24986236.post-7237413552761456372007-07-22T20:10:00.000+08:002007-07-22T20:10:00.000+08:00it's a good idea to get your facts right before yo...it's a good idea to get your facts right before you blog. perhaps if you had read the wikipedia entry a bit more closely you might have been able to work out what the story actually is<BR/> <BR/>the bookshops here were selling the book for the recommended retail price - the same as in Britain with no extra for the shipping.<BR/><BR/>most bookshops were prepared to give a discount in one way or another (10% at least, 20% in some cases)<BR/><BR/>incidentally the amount from each books sale going to the publisher is £10.74 a copy. That's RM75.37. if you do your maths you will see that the booksellers weren't exactly making a killing.<BR/><BR/>the hypermarkets were in fact making a loss on each copy they sold to undercut the booksellers. <BR/><BR/>in other words they were using the book as a "loss leader" to get people into the store to do their grocery shopping there.<BR/> <BR/>(that was the bit of the wiki article you didn't understand perhaps?)bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.com