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by Anonymous User on Mon Nov 07, 2005 at 09:23:39 AM PDT

This has been going on for some time with mail-order catalog sales. There is often different prices for catalogs shipped to different regions (even though the orders are shipped from the same warehouse). Also, I know that one store (Harbor Freight Tools??) that has item numbers ending in a letter unique to the catalog that's been mailed to you. Someone figured out a way of ordering online using the item number but varying the last letter until the lowest price showed up. Come to think of it, why is this any different from when you sign up for cell phone service? The plan price is constant but the phone price changes depending on if you sign up in the store, over the phone, or online. This is why so many companies live in fear of Google...


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