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French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping

Posted by kdawson on from the that's-just-fine dept.

strech writes "Ars Technica reports that France is fining Amazon for offering free shipping on some orders. A French high court ruled in December that the practice violated a law preventing discounting the price of a book more than 5% off of the publisher's recommended price. Amazon has decided to pay the fine, rather than drop free shipping. The fine currently stands at €1,000 per day but is automatically reconsidered after 30 days, after which it could be raised dramatically."

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  1. Ob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    By the time you've read TFA, they'll have probably surrendered.

    Captcha: steaming (like a fine mug of frosty piss)

  2. Re:Discounting the price of a book? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's France; whining is what they do best.

  3. It is just a question of etymology by paiute · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because the French have no word in their language for entrepreneur, they are not capable of understanding the American concept of laissez-faire.

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  4. Fffmmmm... by archeopterix · · Score: 4, Funny

    French fine for free freight? Formidable.

  5. Re:Discounting the price of a book? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, France does have some great whines.

  6. Re:Discounting the price of a book? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    9It's more socialist garbage, people trying to figure out how to use government to screw a large corporation. Good luck with that, it'll do wonders for your economy.
    I sense you a trying to be sarcastic but actually thats exactly what it does do..

    Ha! Take that you imperialistic pig!

  7. Re:What possible reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How can Europeans give in so easily to the passage of so many rob-peter-to-pay-paul laws and still have functioning economies? That's something that I wonder about myself (as a European). But the fact that we HAVE got functioning economies should tell you something, surely?
  8. Re:Discounting the price of a book? by xarak · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the French themselves are attractive, intelligent, reliable, honourable people. Except their president. Our humblest apologies for him.
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  9. Re:Discounting the price of a book? by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jesus, what are you Canadian or something?