[ale] Online haggling via POST (from 2600 Nov. issue)

[Adrin]

I believe it happened to paypal.  It was very embarrassing to them.   I don't know if it
every got fix.  You could probably do a search on one of the news sites and find more info
on it. I am not sure if I read it on cnn.com or a link of slashdot.org

Adrin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of cfowler
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:54 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Online haggling via POST (from 2600 Nov. issue)
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> What site places the price in the URL?  I see item numbers but no
> prices.
>
>
> On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 15:44, Ben Coleman wrote:
> > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:12:22 -0500, Dow Hurst wrote:
> >
> > >Anyone see the article on buying stuff online at a much reduced priced
> > >by creating your own forms and URLs with reduced prices for an item?
> > > The author basically post a URL to the online system for an item but
> > >put in his own price.  He had the transaction successfully complete, get
> > >reviewed by several humans, his bill of sale stamped by a human, and
> > >shipping/packaging/delivery done by humans.  No one noticed he bought a
> > >Wacom tablet for $125 dollars instead of $725.  His legal counsel said
> > >the transaction could be possible legal since a catalog is not a binding
> > >price but a negotiable price in contract law.  This seemed rather
> > >intriguing to me.
> > >Dow
> >
> > How much do you really save once you figure in the cost of having to
> > hire legal counsel?
> >
> > Ben
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