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Pricegrabber Purchased for $485M

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the what-a-steal dept.

w98 writes "GUS PLC, the parent company of Experian Interactive, recently announced the acquisition of PriceGrabber.com for $485M plus expenses. Don Robert, Chief Executive Officer of Experian, commented: 'As a trusted and preferred comparison shopping destination, PriceGrabber.com has a leading position in a fast-growing market. When combined with the complementary skills, expertise and scale of Experian, in both Interactive and Marketing, we are very excited about the future growth prospects for PriceGrabber.com.'"

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  1. Idiots by jvance · · Score: 5, Funny

    They could have bought it for 20% less if they'd shopped around.

  2. $485M?? by coronaride · · Score: 4, Funny

    they should've froogled it, first...

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  3. First Prime Factorization Post by 2*2*3*75011 · · Score: 3, Funny

    $485M = $2*2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*97

    PriceGrabber.com has a leading position in highly factorizable prices.

  4. Experian? by Yurka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Talk about synergy! "Please wait for the custom price individually selected just for you, while we run up a quick check of your credit history..."

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  5. No results for linux PCs by patcito · · Score: 3, Funny

    the "PC - Linux" section doesn't return any result, search for "linux PC" on google and you'll get plenty of results. How accurate...

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  6. $485 million is too expensive by this+great+guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    considering I am selling a mirror of PriceGrabber.com for ONLY $300 million ! Anyone interested ?

  7. Re:Better Translation by oldwolf13 · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> ... because of a $0.25 price difference ...
    >> ... once they realize that saving that nickel isn't worth ...

    uhm that's a quarter.

    Hope you're not the accountant :)

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