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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3102123" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'm not saying that Amazon is doing anything wrong.  I'm saying that if WotC's discount policy to online retailers is screwing authors, you should avoid those retailers because you help screw the authors.Its the same rationale, though not as egregious, for not buying merchandise from manufacturers who use child labor or sweatshops.By not supporting an unethical practice (again, if it is indeed the case), you force WotC to use fair pricing practices.  Could this mean that you'd pay prices more like those in a FLGS?  Yes.  But you pay one way or another- either you pay a fair price for the content, or the content quality (or quantity) drops to match the price- economic equivalents.Yes, Amazon is only the conduit- probably not even a knowing conduit- but they're still part of the problem because their discount sales would be part of what delays or prevents royalty payments.  The most effective way a consumer can affect a corporation is by voting with his wallet.  If Amazon sees its sales of WotC product slipping in favor of retailers who AREN'T part of the problem because of allegations of improper conduct on WotC's part, they'll let WotC know there are only 2 outcomes- rectify the problem or watch your product get dropped. Its true that the contracts or the implementation may be sucky, but it does affect you as a consumer, if for no other reason than it sets a standard that other contracts can use.Remember, you're not just a consumer, you're an employee/laborer of some kind.I don't know what business you're in, but if you're in one where you get a bonus based on total annual sales (calculated in US$)...but your company routinely discounts 30% of its production in order to get market share (or some such), your bonus gets cut....Or you don't get a raise next year because company profits were lower than expected.Etc.</blockquote>

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