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This is even worse in the era of "sort by price." That top spot is immensely coveted, so the competition and innovation is to get a lower sorting price, rather
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
This is even worse in the era of "sort by price." That top spot is immensely coveted, so the competition and innovation is to get a lower sorting price, rather than competition and innovation in getting a lower true price.
Of course, if your competitors engage in tricks, you have to as well. Otherwise you're relegated to the bottom of the list where no one clicks.
The natural equilibrium sucks. What's the solution?
- jbob2000 7y agoThe solution is regulation. We should have a rule along the lines of "you can only be charged once for a service". Meaning, if you charge me for a car rental and I have successfully paid, then that's it. You can't then hold back the service because you need a second charge. Same thing with hotels. If I book my hotel on Expedia and pay the charge there, you cannot charge me again when I show up to check in.
- noja 7y agoI want to be able to define my own custom sort function: * Ignore items that do not match what I searched for * Ignore anything which is not in stock * Ignore anything with less than 100 sales * Ignore anything with less than 4 stars * Ignore anything with too few negative comments * Plus some kind of ignore filter for "leave us 5 stars and get a free charger"
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y agoThis is called Multi-faceted Search and it is pretty common for high end goods (think boats and cars).
- lmm 7y agoThe solution is regulation. Here in the EU I see very few of these dirty tricks I see Americans complaining about, because we have strong consumer protection laws.
- magicbuzz 7y agoAgreed. It’s mostly a non-issue in Australia too because of the law (which includes airline tickets) - https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/prices-surcharges-receipts/price-displays#single-pricing https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/prices-surcharges-receipts...