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WOM Tip #229: Don’t just make it right, make it better

At Powell’s Books, if a customer tries to buy a used book that’s out of stock, they’ll send them a new one for the same price. That way, instead of waiting for the book to come back in stock, the customer gets upgraded. This is how a small bookseller competes with someone like Amazon. When…

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