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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (70391)	11/12/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: Dave Feldman	Read Replies (2) of 132070

Not too personal at all, Mike. In the toy business, merchandise is almost always bought on a nonreturnable basis, so virtually all vendors buy the games/toys at approximately the same wholesale cost (this is not true of the book business where most bookstores buy books with a 100% refund privilege -- accounts that buy on a nonreturnable basis pay slightly less for their merchandise, and authors receive correspondingly less). My game theoretically "lists" for $36.00. I've seen it sold from everything from 19.99 to full list price. What an amazing spread. I believe retail accounts pay approximately $18.00 for the game, so you can see how wafer-thin the profit margin is. No way Amazon is making money by selling my game for $20.

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