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If you're putting signs like this outside your store, your business is probably in trouble:

Sign at Dymocks store: At Dymocks we do not price books above the publisher's Recommended Retail Price (RRP)

They think it says: "Buy from us: we're cheaper."

I think it says: "We charge full Recommended Retail Price for everything. Go shop at Borders with the 30% discount coupon they email you each week. They're cheaper."

Try seeing things from your customer's perspective.

Postscript: I was right, I was wrong. The day after I wrote this, the book industry collapsed, with Borders USA filing for bankruptcy, and two bookstore chains in Australia going into administration. However, Borders was one of those chains, while Dymocks has still survived. (2020 Update: almost a decade later, Dymocks are still in business. There's a store around the corner from this cafe as I type this.) Maybe the lesson here is that if you price your books high enough and don't engage in price matching and discounting wars, your business is more likely to survive difficult times.