In 2004, Kingstone again tried to push for post-sale payments and, once again, disputes broke out. In 2007 it had yet another financial dispute, this time with Taiwan's third-largest book distributor, Interzone International. Interzone went out of business, and soon after many publishers, including Cite, ceased dealing with Kingstone.
2004 年，金石堂不死心地再次強勢推動「銷結制」，又引發爭議；2007 年又與國內第三大圖書經銷商凌域公司爆發財務糾紛，結果凌域被拖垮倒閉，一時間包括城邦集團在內的眾多出版社皆退出金石堂。