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Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items by culturestate on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @08:18PM (#32008540)
I suspect that if you’re the type of person who might think to torrent a book cover, you’d probably just torrent the whole book.
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Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items by im3w1l on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:35PM (#32009647)
The implication is that a bookseller would print them so they can sell their "unsold" books.
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Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items by wiml on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:45AM (#32010342)
That's a fair amount of effort, expense (printing), and labor (assembly) just to try to sell a book that you've already determined isn't selling very well!
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Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items by quickthrower2 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @02:18AM (#32010538)
It might also be fraud where selling a coverless books is just breach of contract? IANAL but would be interested in finding out
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Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items by actuallyalys on Thursday July 07, 2022 @02:52AM (#32010703)
I suppose you could do it for books that were selling well, but they might get suspicious if your bookstore was the only one.
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