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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. Damn... by lonesome_coder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish I could remember how to draw out the ASCII headache guy...suits this perfectly.

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    If you'd just do what we tell you and quit yer gripin' everything would be chocolate sprinkles and rainbows! -AC
  2. The French! by radpole · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let them eat cake!

  3. Re:Discounting the price of a book? by fabs64 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone who has a dogmatic unswayable belief in one particular economic theory is anti-French, including the French economists I know.

    There, fixed that for you.