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Originally Posted by FlameCity
I don't know about other industries but when it comes to bookstores in Canada (ie Indigo . . . and that includes the other divisions of Indigo . . . Chapters, Coles, etc) they do not set the price of books they carry. You'll notice that the prices are printed on the books. That is because the publishing company sets the prices. There is nothing that the stores can do about it (or the staff that have to hear the same comments from every customer that comes in . . . all day long) . . . they have had to purchase there stock at the Canadian rates. So if you actually want to cause some sort of change you'd be better off sending your complaints or objections to pricing policies to the Publishing Company that is responsible.
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The bookstores can sell the books for whatever price they want. They do it all the time, look on the bargain shelves.
As a matter of fact, it is illegal for the publishers to dictate what the retailer is allowed to sell the final product at. That is called resale price maintenance. They can recommend a price (MSRP), they can print the price on the jacket, they can refuse to sell to the retailers in the future, but they cannot contractually force the retailer to sell for any specific amount. That violates the Competition Act.
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