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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 02:26 PM
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Why the 'buy it now' button is Teh Evil!
It can drain your life savings with just one click:



http://gawker.com/#!5795047/why-amazon-charged-2369865593-for-a-genetics-textbook
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 03:04 PM
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1. Momma told me genetically engineering a fly from scratch wasn't gonna be cheap
but at least shipping is reasonable.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 03:15 PM
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2. If you can live with a used copy
that represents a 99.998% discount!
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 03:21 PM
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3. But there are 126,000 ratings from the seller asking $2.2Million...
Far more than the 8K for the $1Mil seller. I don't want to feel left out of what appears to be a happy, exclusive club. Ah, the price of belonging...
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 03:25 PM
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4. No way I'm sending $2.2 mil
to someone with a 93% rating.
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 03:27 PM
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5. Back in the day, I would offer free shipping on a deal like that.
Good customer relations.
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