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Ask HN: Is rails tutorial unfair priced? (ruby.railstutorial.org)

1 points by adrianmn ↗ HN
It is about half price to buy the book and DVD from Amazon compared to the webiste direct pricing.

I personally think they are great value(even a bargain) even at 125$ but is this fair pricing? I am refering to the screencasts mainly.

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[dead] adrianmn
It is about half price to buy the book and DVD from Amazon compared to the webiste direct pricing.

I personally think they are great value(even a bargain) even at 125$ but is this fair pricing?

martey
No. The first paragraph of that site states "the Ruby on Rails Tutorial book is available for free online."
adrianmn
I am refering to the screencasts - buying them from a publisher company as DVD's for half price or directly from the author for full price
martey
One of the HN guidelines is "please don't use HN posts to ask YC-funded companies questions that you could ask by emailing them." Similarly, I think you might get a more authoritative answer to your question if you contacted the author directly.

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/contact