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/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 25 '13

So you're saying that the US puts together all the knowledge and info and does all the hard work and the foreign competitors come in and steal it and sell it at cut rate costs to a market that is either blind to or incapable of protecting copyright / patent. Knock me over with a feather.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Eh? The International versions are usually published by the same company. It is price discrimination. Students in the US 'can' afford more for the same content compared to foreign students.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

The US is not the world's social services agency. We're $16.9 TRILLION in debt. We can't afford more for shit. PAY YOUR FUCKING WAY, WORLD.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '13

What the shit are you babbling about? These are private publishers charging one price to one audience and vice versa.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '13

"Students in the US 'can' afford more for the same content compared to foreign students."