On Fri, Feb 4, 2000, at 09:22 PM, Jon Barker wrote:
> Hello H.J.C.
>
> On 04-Feb-00, H.J.C. Sam wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 4, 2000, at 02:19 PM, Raimund Dold wrote:
>
> >> Hallo,
>
> >> some times ago I reported, that V3.0.52 is calculating wrong prices if
> >> you want to order online. Nobody answered, but it happened to me again.
> >> Try ordering the following book at www.buecher.de "Engineering Analysis
> >> of Flight Vehicles". If you order it from Netscape you pay about 25 DM,
> >> if you order from V you have to pay about 30DM!! That is absoluteley not
> >> acceptable!!
>
> >> Raimund
> >> --
>
>
> > Raimund,
>
> > when I read your post, I thought: Oh ya?, and thought you are blowing
> > smoke. Well, I checked it out and not having a PC, I used iBrowse and V3.
> > With iBrowse the price is DM24.70 with V3 DM29.50. You made your case.
> > Now what? By the way, I only checked amazon.com here in the States and
> > the paperback is quoted at $13.95. I did not check amazon.de.
> > But this raises the question, why is this happening. Anyone of the Gurus
> > out there having a wise thought?
>
> > Johann
>
> Check for a cookie for Amazon, I'm sure they count how many times you
> visit and give you discount. I assume iBrowse's cookies are not used by V�
> ;-)
>
Based on cookies? I doubt that. I could see a special discount based on
purchase history, but not on visits. Their discounts are generally in
line with the major chains. Furthermore, the discussion was not pricing
by the book seller, but price difference based on different web site
client programs.
Johann
