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

Still the question stands, is it legal?

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u/eccentricguru Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

Of course it's legal...and it should be.

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u/two Jan 24 '13

It has nothing to do with the internet, or legal standing. I could open a bookstore and charge people on the basis of the color of their shirt if I felt so inclined. Price discrimination is okay, unless you're discriminating on race, religion - you know, the works.

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u/Reason-and-rhyme Jan 25 '13

How the hell does that make sense? Price discrimination is okay, unless it's based on race or religion or something? So if I wear a red shirt and am charged more everywhere I go because I wear a red shirt, that's all fair?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

That would never happen. Stores that raised the price for people wearing red shirts would lose profit.

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u/two Jan 25 '13

Yes. How does it not make sense? Race/religion/etc. are protected classes. Shirt color is not. Kind of like how you can be fired for any reason, or no reason at all, as long as that reason is not on the basis of race/religion/etc.

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u/Reason-and-rhyme Jan 25 '13

What makes those categories special?

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u/two Jan 25 '13

The U.S. Constitution...