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October 20, 2009

The book wars continue, now enter Sears

I've been writing about a book war that started among retailers when Walmart.com announced that it would sell popular books for as little as $10.

The retailer dropped the price twice after Amazon.com lowered its prices. Now both retailers and Target.com are selling books for $8.99.

And today Sears Corp. announced it was joining in too. The company, which operates Sears and Kmart, says it will give customers a $9 credit if they buy any of ten titles at Sears.com, Walmart.com, Target.com or Amazon.com.

The credit can be used toward a purchase of $45 or more at Sears.com.

Posted by Andrea Walker at 5:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Cheap/Frugal, Holiday shopping, Shopping

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The Sears announcement should have little value. Credits are as good as the person who can remember to use them. How many of us have lost "credits, coupons, vouchers" or such discounts?

Lower prices sells books.

Posted by: d james | October 21, 2009 9:16 PM

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