Comments on: $30 off Kindle’s $399: Offer still in effect http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 16 May 2008 19:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/#comment-787628 HeavyG Tue, 06 May 2008 00:31:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/#comment-787628 Just by getting an amazon.com visa card you'll get $30 back from your first purchase of anything - be it a Kindle or a case of oatmeal. That $30 back offer seems to be perpetually available on the amazon site so I don't see what the advantage is to the consumer by buying this from Wallet Buddy. It seems Wallet Buddy is just trying to take advantage of naive consumers - in this offer you are not getting anything you wouldn't have gotten by dealing directly with amazon. Why does anybody buy from affiliate sites like this rather than dealing directly with amazon???? Just by getting an amazon.com visa card you’ll get $30 back from your first purchase of anything - be it a Kindle or a case of oatmeal.

That $30 back offer seems to be perpetually available on the amazon site so I don’t see what the advantage is to the consumer by buying this from Wallet Buddy.

It seems Wallet Buddy is just trying to take advantage of naive consumers - in this offer you are not getting anything you wouldn’t have gotten by dealing directly with amazon.

Why does anybody buy from affiliate sites like this rather than dealing directly with amazon????

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/#comment-786513 David Rothman Mon, 05 May 2008 11:44:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/#comment-786513 Thanks, Hadrien. Very possibly Chase is acting as an affiliate--earning the $40 <em>and</em> steering people to its card. Amazon, for all we know, might even give it a higher commission. David Thanks, Hadrien. Very possibly Chase is acting as an affiliate–earning the $40 and steering people to its card. Amazon, for all we know, might even give it a higher commission. David

]]> By: Hadrien http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/#comment-786422 Hadrien Mon, 05 May 2008 10:37:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/04/30-off-kindles-399-offer-still-in-effect/#comment-786422 Well, an affiliate gets 40$ for selling a Kindle right ? That's the reason why we can see all those rebates. Well, an affiliate gets 40$ for selling a Kindle right ?
That’s the reason why we can see all those rebates.

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