French Fine Amazon For Free Shipping

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Posted by kdawson on Friday January 18, 2008 @09:42AM from the that's-just-fine dept.

strech writes "Ars Technica reports that France is fining Amazon for offering free shipping on some orders. A French high court ruled in December that the practice violated a law preventing discounting the price of a book more than 5% off of the publisher's recommended price. Amazon has decided to pay the fine, rather than drop free shipping. The fine currently stands at €1,000 per day but is automatically reconsidered after 30 days, after which it could be raised dramatically."

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Ob (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @09:50AM (#22092178)

By the time you've read TFA, they'll have probably surrendered.

Captcha: steaming (like a fine mug of frosty piss)

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @09:55AM (#22092234)

It's France; whining is what they do best.

It is just a question of etymology (Score:5, Funny)

by paiute ( 550198 ) writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @10:12AM (#22092406)

Because the French have no word in their language for entrepreneur, they are not capable of understanding the American concept of laissez-faire.

Fffmmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

by archeopterix ( 594938 ) writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @10:14AM (#22092428) Journal

French fine for free freight? Formidable.

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @10:39AM (#22092784)

Yes, France does have some great whines.

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @10:46AM (#22092896)

9It's more socialist garbage, people trying to figure out how to use government to screw a large corporation. Good luck with that, it'll do wonders for your economy.

I sense you a trying to be sarcastic but actually thats exactly what it does do..
Ha! Take that you imperialistic pig!

Re:What possible reason (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @10:54AM (#22093000)

How can Europeans give in so easily to the passage of so many rob-peter-to-pay-paul laws and still have functioning economies?
That's something that I wonder about myself (as a European). But the fact that we HAVE got functioning economies should tell you something, surely?

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:2, Funny)

by xarak ( 458209 ) writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @12:26PM (#22094666)

And the French themselves are attractive, intelligent, reliable, honourable people.
Except their president. Our humblest apologies for him.

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:2, Funny)

by Harold Halloway ( 1047486 ) writes: on Friday January 18, 2008 @03:02PM (#22098038)

Jesus, what are you Canadian or something?

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Ob (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:3, Funny)

It is just a question of etymology (Score:5, Funny)

Fffmmmm... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Discounting the price of a book? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:What possible reason (Score:1, Funny)

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