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by mseebach 5332 days ago
If he gave the excerpt the same ISBN, then it's really his own fault:

An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings) of a book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Num...

Sure, Amazons customer service could be better and should probably at least have sent an email stating that they're lowering the price etc.