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

[cfowler]

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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