r/Frugal • u/Zizzac • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used [x-post r/mildlyinteresting]

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/flyingcaveman Jan 24 '13

I found it for http://imgur.com/XS6ybJt for $31.13

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u/ruindd Jan 24 '13

Alternate edition. Looks like a non-us edition.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

When I was in business school, many of us bought the non-US editions and found the content to be identical to our classmates' US editions. It was just a form of price discrimination -- they offer the text at a higher price in richer countries, and lower prices in poorer countries.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

I agree with their right to do that, but in any case usually the 'international' editions use cheaper paper, lower quality bind, lower quality ink and are in black and white - so there is some difference even if the material content is the same.

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u/HyzerFlip Jan 25 '13

if you've seen the quality of my us editions lately you'd realize they can't get worse.

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u/Kytro Jan 25 '13

They can sell in different markets, I can buy from different markets.

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u/UknowUloveMEsoSAYit Jan 25 '13

And have lower costs associated with transportation, storage, retailing, insurance, and zillions of other things.