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i've read about this phenomenon before. speculation was that many/most prices are set automatically, and that these absurd prices were somehow attempts to manip
by currymj 8y ago
i've read about this phenomenon before. speculation was that many/most prices are set automatically, and that these absurd prices were somehow attempts to manipulate other prices.
money laundering also seems like a good explanation.
- jerf 8y agoProbably thinking of: http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 Laundering may explain some odd prices on Amazon. But in that article, the author witnessed the two bots one-upping each other on a certain schedule. I don't think that was laundering.