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Does anyone know how long Amazon takes to price match books on Kindle with other e-tailers? I notified them over two weeks ago that barnesandnoble.com were offering my first 'Ghost Gang' book for free (after I had reduced the price to zero on Smashwords) but it's still on Amazon at 99p.
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RE: How long before Amazon price matches?I'm always conscious that it's up to them whether they continue to price match or not too. ![[Image: 51J0%2BT-LTfL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J0%2BT-LTfL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 51K8-HuETSL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K8-HuETSL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 51%2Bkvr3dCwL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2Bkvr3dCwL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 510SJwAwUxL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510SJwAwUxL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 51YpqGWdwgL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YpqGWdwgL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 61Me4CAUJWL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Me4CAUJWL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 419ZzwduDuL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419ZzwduDuL._SL95.jpg) ![[Image: 51mm%2B9-1jiL._SL95.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mm%2B9-1jiL._SL95.jpg) |
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RE: How long before Amazon price matches?A tricky one - in my (short) experience don't bank on anything logical or courteous. I waited 4-5 months for them to price-match 3 of my titles, regularly telling them of the lower price. Eventually they price matched only 2 of the 3 to 'free'. The odd thing was I was getting lots of downloads from .co.uk and none from .com. I was suspicious so got friends abroad to make 4 downloads from .com and they didn't show on my figures. I've contacted them about this and have got nowhere. And it got odder. One of the two they'd price matched they put back up to full price (even though it's still free on smashwords) for no apparent reason. Of course, you don't get any justification or even notification for this. Good Luck, Ray. Full Length Titles:
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RE: How long before Amazon price matches?So if you get away with it, fine, but after the first warning, it's probably not worth it. Good luck. |
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RE: How long before Amazon price matches?This post was last modified: 03 Oct 2012 11:32 AM by Ray Kingfisher.
(02 Oct 2012 11:46 AM)Scott Nicholson Wrote: I and several others I know have received notices from Amazon telling us to make our prices the same Are you kidding? In my experience Amazon don't tell or ask, they just 'do' without even notifying, hoicking the price up and down at will. Or am I missing something? Full Length Titles:
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RE: How long before Amazon price matches?(03 Oct 2012 11:07 AM)skate Wrote: My short story Orlando's Gift has been free on Smashwords, Barnes&Noble etc for the past six months. Amazon Kindle Books even picked it up and advertised it as "free on Smashwords" on Twitter a few months ago. But so far, there's no sign of them changing it to free on Amazon. I've given up! Don't give up Katie (see my post above). If it helps I've done a 'Tell us about a lower price' for you on OG. I had a quick look at your reviews while I was there. I too have just got a review that says 'it's too short' - which is annoying when it's advertised as such and gives a page and word count. 4k is not a short 'short story'. I feel like putting up a 100 word piece of flash fiction to show 'em what short really means. Sorry, rant over. Ray. Full Length Titles:
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