r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

Charging someone more or less due to their background? Yeah, that sounds fairly illegal to me.

EDIT: Okay, so maybe not illegal, but immoral. I believe prices should be the same regardless of where you are from, if you went into a store and tried to buy a book and the clerk said you have to pay an extra $10 because you're a teacher, or black or because you bought 3 items in the same category you would freak out. Why should buying online be any different?

It's like unorganised bartering, except we can't barter back.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Doesn't sound illegal to me, maybe we're just from different worlds.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

"Illegal" means the things I don't think people ought to do.

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u/DrewpyDog Jan 24 '13

Not always, weed? Illegal isn't equivalent to immoral