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absurd prices on Amazon

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One Response to “absurd prices on Amazon”

  1. Ben Bolker Says:
    November 30, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    I’ve heard that this happens because of automated bidding wars (sellers A and B both offer the book for sale and plan to buy it elsewhere and add a percentage to their cost): http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/25/amazon.price.algorithm/index.html

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