Posted on June 27th, 2012 at 15:43 by John Sinteur in category: Cartoon -- Write a comment
Desiato on
June 28th, 2012 at 9:32:
Orbitz did *not* charge higher prices for Mac users. Everyone sees the same prices for the same hotels. They sorted the results list different so Mac users saw higher-priced hotels higher in the list… this based on prior data that Mac users ended up choosing those hotels more often.
@Desiato: Allowing the self-selection of higher-quality-by-price as a proxy for coolth is very common. Posh coffee shops where one only sees Mac people using computers, for example.
Orbitz did *not* charge higher prices for Mac users. Everyone sees the same prices for the same hotels. They sorted the results list different so Mac users saw higher-priced hotels higher in the list… this based on prior data that Mac users ended up choosing those hotels more often.
@Desiato: Allowing the self-selection of higher-quality-by-price as a proxy for coolth is very common. Posh coffee shops where one only sees Mac people using computers, for example.