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Which Price is Right?

Posted by michael on from the cent-of-profits-in-the-air dept.

slashdotNum2Big2Register writes "An interesting article at fastcompany about how things are being priced nowadays. The only drawback that concerns me is how each item and price can be connected to an individual. Amazon was already found to be doing this with their prices."

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  1. Re:YOU FAIL IT ! by dead_sell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Neither forst nor thord porst.
    I wonder of they can modify these boards to reject posts that have a mispell rate of more than 50%

    Anyway, more on the subject. If you want to see an interesting way items are priced, check out the grand opening of a new Wal-Mart. A new Super-Center opened up in the next town over from where I live (which also has a Super-Center). This store is only 25 miles away yet has prices 10% more than the older Super-Center. Not only that, you can't price match between two Wal-Marts, so they gouge the prices when the store opens to get the most money.

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    'I bent my wookie'-Ralph Wiggum
  2. Excellent Article by cyranoVR · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Too bad the software that will be doing all this complicated (and fascinating) price-analysis will be written by outsourced programmers in India and Russia. :(