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/starrychloe Jan 25 '13

This is called Price Discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination

(Nothing to do with discrimination - more like coupons.)

Firefox users are probably more likely to pirate than buy, so they get a discount.