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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Let's try to roll back the SF price increase rip-off!
Message-ID: <1355@hound.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 01:43:12 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 15 01:43:12 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 12:20:49 EDT
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Am I the only one who has noticed the recent 18.6% price increase in
many (most) of the paperback SF books in the stores?  Seems the
publishers just all of a sudden got (independently, of course) the
idea it was time to raise the price from $2.95 to $3.50

I can't imagine any reason for that but greed. (flames explaining how
all their costs have edged upward for years will be routed to the
bit bucket.) As a collector this bugs me and I feel like sticking
my head out the window and shouting the well known litany (from
Network). 

But that would only rile the neighbors, who would call the cops and
I'm sure the cops wouldn't give a damn.

So, a better strategy is to point out the increase to the sales clerks,
suggesting they tell the boss that you have noticed it and will not
pay it.  Better yet tell the boss herself.

Yes, they will look at you as one of the following:
a nut.
something that just crawled out of a crack in the floor.
a comedian.
etc.
But it shouldn't matter.  As long as there are books available at $2.95
we have a chance of nipping this one in the bud.  Not much of a chance,
but a chance.  The new SSR book is $2.95. There are a lot I wont read
for $3.50. Tough.

Time for Stainless Steel readers.
-- 

"It's the thought, if any, that counts!"  Dick Grantges  hound!rfg


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