Amazon has a history of bad practices. Some months ago
a user discovered that amazon was doing dynamic
pricing, i.e. charging different prices to different
users based on scores provided by statistical models.
And I don't like Jeff Bezos at all. So I use amazon
only for browsing, and at the time of buying something
I go somewhere else (barnesandnoble.com, cdnow.com, or
a local store).

Refs:

http://www.zdnet.com/ecommerce/stories/main/0,10475,2626344,00.html

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/02/04halimi

Cheers,
Luciano.-



--- "Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent)"
<Jarvisb at timken.com> wrote:
> Interestingly, Barnes&Noble reports that their price
> represents a 20%
> discount.  If that's so, then Borders price is
> probably "full retail", and
> Amazon and Powell's prices represent a 32% surcharge
> (!!!) *over* retail!
> Looks like Amazon is making a BIG push to get
> profitable!  Can anyone with a
> copy in hand report what the price on the jacket is?
> 
> (This is apparently an interesting strategy for
> Amazon - get consumers (such
> as myself) accustomed to the idea that they're the
> low-price leader, then
> jack up their prices.  Who's gonna notice, right?)
> 
> I'm canceling my order at Amazon and re-ordering
> through B&N.  AND I'm going
> to check out my other outstanding orders at Amazon,
> and compare against
> other places.  (Thank goodness for "ship when all
> items are available"!!)
> 
> Bob Jarvis
> Compuware @ Timken
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Guzdial [mailto:guzdial at cc.gatech.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:40 PM
> > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: Re: various prices for Mark's book
> > 
> > 
> > I asked Prentice-Hall about this, and just got a
> reply: They have no 
> > idea.  They charge the same price to all of these
> retailers.  Should 
> > we take it as a positive sign that Powells and
> Amazon thinks the book 
> > will be popular enough that they can raise the
> price so much?
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > >I checked the price of Mark Guzdial's Squeak book
> at several online
> > >bookstores.  Here is what I found:
> > >
> > >Borders.com	$33.95
> > >Barnes&Noble	$27.00
> > >Amazon.com	$45.00
> > >Powells.com	$45.00
> > >
> > >I have no explanation for the considerable
> variance in price.
> > >
> > >-Duane
> > 
> > --------------------------
> > Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing
> : Atlanta, 
> > GA 30332-0280
> > Associate Professor - Learning Sciences &
> Technologies.
> > Collaborative Software Lab -
> http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/csl/
> > (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 :
> guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
> >
>
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
> > 
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 
a year!  http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/