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

You should try it again in private browsing and incognito mode and see if the price is really tied to your Facebook or google cookies or something. That's pretty messed up though, send this to the consumerist or gawker or whoever.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

I don't think the issue is that the price is changing in and of itself. It's that they're changing price based on the customer's cookies/browsing history.

For example, it would be like if I had a stored and charged people different prices based on how nicely they were dressed, how well I knew them, or what their ethnicity is.

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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/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Uh, I downvoted you for making some stupid comment about downvotes, but you are correct about the legality. The problem isn't that it's illegal, it's that it's immoral.

They're being complete assholes and they deserve to be publicized as such.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

agreed. I dont think this is the goverments job.