I've had my eye on the big '20% discount' books at a certain bookstore for a while now and what better way to pull myself away from World of Warcraft (WoW) than with books.
A book on the history of chess for THREE DOLLARS...what a steal!!!
Then came a really puzzling and somewhat ironic. Two different versions of 'The Economic Naturalist' were being sold in two different sections of the bookstore for two different prices (WTF?!?). When asked for an explanation, the cashier could only say that the difference was due to the publisher.
My theory is they sold the more expensive one in the history section because arty-farty people would pay more for the same book while rational economists (like me =) would scope out the cheaper one. IMO this bookstore is really shooting itself in the foot and I'd stock the cheaper version in the history section quick smart.
The ironic part was I ended up NOT buying the book that used economics to explain everything, all because this discovery.
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