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Jun 4, 2012 4:13:58 GMT -5
Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 4, 2012 4:13:58 GMT -5
How can Amazon offer Norton 360 software for almost half of the discounted price offered on Norton's website?
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Jun 4, 2012 9:30:51 GMT -5
Post by 973beachbum on Jun 4, 2012 9:30:51 GMT -5
How can Amazon offer Norton 360 software for almost half of the discounted price offered on Norton's website? Is it being sold by Amazon or a seller using their site? I get stuff on Amazon all the time and vary rarely is it sold by Amazon. Normaly it is by a person or business using their site like people sell stuff on Ebay except without the bidding process.
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Jun 4, 2012 9:45:46 GMT -5
Post by alabamagal on Jun 4, 2012 9:45:46 GMT -5
Actually, you can get it direct from Amazon for the cheapest price. Amazon does it by having a super efficient distribution system. They buy from merchant at discounted price based on volume. They do this with a lot of products and vendors.
I can buy brand new college text books for ~20% less than the college bookstore or direct from publisher with no sales tax (7% or 8%) and no shipping. We use this only when we can not find rentals/used.
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Jun 4, 2012 11:32:09 GMT -5
Post by dannylion on Jun 4, 2012 11:32:09 GMT -5
Norton might have agreed to let Amazon sell their product at a significant discount in order to reach people who would not have bought at full price with the anticipation that they will sign up for renewals at Norton's price or maybe add or upgrade to a different Norton product.
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Jun 4, 2012 11:43:17 GMT -5
Post by shanendoah on Jun 4, 2012 11:43:17 GMT -5
Is it the latest version? Once a Norton product is over 3 years old, they won't let you renew the license or even get updates anymore. They have very strict planned obsolencence. So once you're buying the version that's a year old or two years old, you're gettting much less utility out of it.
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Cheesy FL-Vol
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Jun 4, 2012 14:30:27 GMT -5
Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 4, 2012 14:30:27 GMT -5
Maybe I should re-phrase my inquiry. The wide price variation is for the download version, so there isn't even physical merchandise exchanging hands.
The Amazon download price for 1 license/3 PC is 33.49, the Norton website download for the same product is 63.99 plus an additional 20% off.
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Jun 4, 2012 14:31:00 GMT -5
Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 4, 2012 14:31:00 GMT -5
Is it the latest version? Once a Norton product is over 3 years old, they won't let you renew the license or even get updates anymore. They have very strict planned obsolencence. So once you're buying the version that's a year old or two years old, you're gettting much less utility out of it. This is for the latest version Norton 360 6.0
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Jun 4, 2012 14:40:35 GMT -5
Post by Sum Dum Gai on Jun 4, 2012 14:40:35 GMT -5
Volume. Companies offer Amazon wicked low prices on their products for resale since Amazon does so much volume. It's the same reason Walmart can beat pretty much any competitors price.
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Jun 4, 2012 15:23:37 GMT -5
Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 4, 2012 15:23:37 GMT -5
So I should feel comfortable doing the download from Amazon?
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