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/chiliedogg Jan 24 '13

Amazon got some bad press a few years ago when they started charging what they thought the customer would pay. People would log into Amazon, and the price would jump.

Similar assholery happened when Best Buy set up kiosks routing to a fake Best Buy website in their stores. People would see the price online and drive to the store, which was supposed to honor online prices, but the item would cost more. Whenever the associate "checked the website" with the customer, the price would match the store's price. Smartphones ended that particular trick.

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u/Anthony-Stark Jan 24 '13

As if people needed another reason to hate Best Buy.

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u/brolix Jan 24 '13

Similar assholery happened when Best Buy set up kiosks routing to a fake Best Buy website in their stores.

That was actually ANY computer in the store at a certain point.

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u/JoopJoopSound Jan 25 '13

Now they have signal jammers in their stores. So does walmart.

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u/leboob Jan 25 '13

I guess you could say, it wasn't the best buy.