Why did they stop linking through Amazon?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by DanQ


Yes, we will not be advertising the reason why. Suffice to say, a misunderstanding has been resolved.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

But if it is resolved why not Amazon.com?

[Dauphin]

Ladies and Gentlemen....Dr "I won't take no for an answer" Spike.

*appplause*

[DrSpike]

Technically he only said he wouldn't answer regarding the misunderstanding that lead to the suspension of the earlier agreement. He didn't say he wouldn't say why the new agreement doesn't cover Amazon.com. I am merely voicing what people are thinking.

[lord of the mark]

in the past whenever someone mentioned here buying something through Amazon, the poly owners asked for details of the purchase. I would presume there were some questions about whether Amazon was properly crediting poly for sales, and that has been resolved, that Amazon tries to do so but there may have been technical problems with the direct link to Amazon.com. And i suspect that much further discussion of this by the owners would soon grow disproportionate in time expended compared to the value of the Amazon revenues

[Adagio]

They were asking for what you bought so they could find out who to give an extra month of 'Poly Plus to. They (I believe) already have a list from Amazon on what has been bought through their links

[Dinner]

I imagine there is a margin difference between new and resigned websites on the percentage of the sale price which is passed to the refering website. That would explain why Dan and Mark don't want to talk about it. They don't want people knowning how much cash they're making.

[alva]

Ok, I'm confused now...will Amazon be making a comeback on Poly or not?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by DrSpike
For lazy people, the Amazon affiliation has returned but not for Amazon.com.

[alva]

And that's not supposed to confuse me?
Let's see if I got it right. Amazon will return, except for Amazon which will not...

I did read what Dan said, but I'm not any good at reading laywerese in Dutch, let alone in English.

[DrSpike]

Many other countries have their own sites, in which case you can buy through 'Poly as before. For example, I'd use Amazon.co.uk.

[Adagio]

So if I get this right buying from amazon.co.uk would give Apolyton some money while buying from amazon.com doesn't... correct?

If that's the case then where are the links to amazon.co.uk? I mean the 'Poly reffere (sp?) link... is it just the same link as before this happened?

[DrSpike]

Yeah but if you buy from .co.uk you will get your items shipped from the UK.

[Adagio]

Not always (depending on which seller you buy from)... and they don't have a amazon.dk (ok, they have one, but all links on the first page just leads to co.uk)
And it's often cheaper to buy from amazon compared to from danish online stores (just bought 2 newly released cds for a price less than what 1 would cost the cheapest place in DK... this is with sending costs included)

[Adagio]

As a funny side-note to the above purchase:
The seller I bought them from was listen as "shipping from Hong Kong", but for some funny reason the stamps on the shipment was from Sweden (or was it Norway?) and the CDs arrived 2 days after I ordered them... since when do they have Hong Kong in Sweden?

[alva]

mr.IKEA probably made one.

Many other countries have their own sites, in which case you can buy through 'Poly as before. For example, I'd use Amazon.co.uk.

Aaaahhh...* penny drops *