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Unfortunately, that's not your decision. It's everyone's. You might personally dislike the choices other people make, but clearly other people do think saving money via buying at Amazon is worth it.


Sadly I think you are right, although the French do have an interesting approach to this.


What is the French approach?


They fined Amazon daily because they were found to be in violation of the law that protects the bookseller's guild against deep discounts.

Last I heard, Amazon responded by paying the fine... And continues to pay the fine, because the value of the French market still exceeds the fine.




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