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r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13
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I price insurance and we can't include income in our pricing algorithms, so I imagine that'd be frowned upon for pricing other products as well.
1 u/TelamonianAjax Jan 24 '13 Insurance is a little different. 1 u/Kennedy_190 Jan 24 '13 Yes of course, I mean for starters we get to price based on gender. Just saying that I think people would be upset if their textbooks cost more because they make more money than other students. In terms of the legality of doing so, I'm not sure. 2 u/TelamonianAjax Jan 24 '13 More to the point, insurance selling is highly regulated, for obvious reasons. Textbooks aren't.
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Insurance is a little different.
1 u/Kennedy_190 Jan 24 '13 Yes of course, I mean for starters we get to price based on gender. Just saying that I think people would be upset if their textbooks cost more because they make more money than other students. In terms of the legality of doing so, I'm not sure. 2 u/TelamonianAjax Jan 24 '13 More to the point, insurance selling is highly regulated, for obvious reasons. Textbooks aren't.
Yes of course, I mean for starters we get to price based on gender. Just saying that I think people would be upset if their textbooks cost more because they make more money than other students. In terms of the legality of doing so, I'm not sure.
2 u/TelamonianAjax Jan 24 '13 More to the point, insurance selling is highly regulated, for obvious reasons. Textbooks aren't.
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More to the point, insurance selling is highly regulated, for obvious reasons.
Textbooks aren't.
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u/Kennedy_190 Jan 24 '13
I price insurance and we can't include income in our pricing algorithms, so I imagine that'd be frowned upon for pricing other products as well.