8 thoughts on “Thank You”

  1. I buy all of my Blu-rays and CDs through your link, although I wish there was a way to verify that the cookie is actually set properly; I visit a number of different sites that have Amazon partnerships, and I sometimes wonder who is actually getting credit sometimes.

  2. Unfortunately any large purchases I make have to be cash — as in, paper bills taken from my wallet and handed over in person.

    It’s a fiscal discipline thing, and only very slightly my own fault.

  3. @McGehee: I’m somewhat like that, but I use a debit card.

    It’s going to be a LONG time before I can afford a big-screen TV, but this month I’m planning on buying a book (the collected Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers), a cheap DVD, and a kit to repair a traverse curtain rod, from Amazon.

    I’m on a monthly budget cycle, and unless things are really bad (like they have been for most of this past winter) I put in an order at Amazon at the beginning of the month.

    The advantages of Amazon are low prices, free shipping on orders over $25 (if you don’t mind waiting two weeks, nothing in my order is an emergency), and no sales tax.

  4. Rand, roughly what percentage of the sale do sites such as yours get? I used to donate thru links, but several years ago I stopped doing so because I read somewhere that the amount was miniscule; on a typical order of $100, the site would get @$0.04.
    Has this changed in the last few years? While I am unemployed, I am still buying a few books thru Amazon when I scrape up the cash.

  5. Rand, roughly what percentage of the sale do sites such as yours get? I used to donate thru links, but several years ago I stopped doing so because I read somewhere that the amount was miniscule; on a typical order of $100, the site would get @$0.04.

    Oh, it’s much more than that. It depends on the item, but for that particular purchase, I got forty bucks for a thousand-dollar television. I think that typically it’s at least three percent.

  6. Speaking only for myself, as a daily consumer of your website I think it only fair that some compensation, voluntary of course, is in order for your efforts.

  7. Just curious, did you get anything from the three books I just ordered from Amazon. I used the search, but not sure if I did everything right. In a couple of months I hope to make about a $400 purchase on Amazon and would certainly like for you to get your piece.

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