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To: Bearded One who wrote (57145)	5/17/1999 5:31:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Maybe they should raise prices on their books? Oops, can't do that. They've got to lower prices to keep people from using alternative websites. Untrue. Last year amazon had a "hot 500" or something like that and every book was 40% off. If it wasn't in the hot 500 it was still discounted but I don't recall how much. Prices were raised to what they are today, 40% off best case (but not common), 20-30% off everything else. Amazon gained customers while they raised prices and buy.com and shopping.com are still cheaper.