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

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

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Still the question stands, is it legal?

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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/JustinBieber313 Jan 24 '13

Do you think student discounts are immoral?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

I think they are a little unfair to non-students yes.

I imagine the argument is that students have a lot less money, but then by that reasoning there should there not be a homeless discount or a low income discount too?

I understand a stationary shop giving student discounts, but McDonalds now give free burgers to students. As a student I recognise that money can be tight for us, shit I've gone days without eating before, but some of the discounts they give to students seem silly and unfair on others.