I was having a discussion with my boyfriend about how I dislike Amazon/Kindles practice of setting flat charges on their e-books, when I believe that cost for things should depreciate as production costs lower and popularity decreases. He really was fighting it more than usual, claiming that they are charging for their start-up infrastructure costs, and that their business practices were predictable and were the obvious outcome for any business. Essentially charging what people will pay. I disagreed and stated that paperbacks( which are more expensive to produce) costing less is a testament to Amazon's ridiculous price markup. We discussed at opposite ends for about 3 hours of debate.
I accidentally deduced that he was getting me a Kindle for Christmas after looking at a bank statement, and that we had this disagreement about 3 days after he ordered it. He probably was really upset because he prides himself on getting me gifts I love without having to ask what I want. I feel like I hurt his feelings but he didn't show it so he could keep up the Christmas secret. Should I let him know I know so I can apologize, or just wait until Christmas and do it then? I feel like it's going to haunt me because he is really sensitive to these things and we never lie to each other.
Now back-story.
I'm a bit of a bibliophile, meaning I love books. I love reading them, I love the smell, the feel, the perfect moment of reading a good used paperback in the bath. This being said my boyfriend of 5 years doesn't read because he'd rather do something productive with is time. He's also an IT major who approves of complete digitization of books, information, news, and currency. Therefor he doesn't understand the experience of a good paperback novel, nor the fact that I'll never be able to live without them.
Added (1). I'm not just looking for a cheap deal, the actual cost doesn't matter to me. What I'm arguing is basing prices not on logic or economics, but instead greed.It won't however stop me from buying it I just mentioned that I think it's slimy.
>>> Bad mouthing a gift by accident. Should I apologize?