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'''Intershop comparison''', | '''Intershop comparison''', for [[price comparison]] is not an anticipated as a [[feature]] of [[Consumerium Services]]. Because it is primarily a means of exploiting [[price arbitrage]], it distracts from the main mission, but could be provided by another service that operates on the same [[healthy buying infrastructure]]. | ||
Unless it is specifically prohibited by the [[Consumerium License]], this will always be possible, and it might inhibit [[friendly retail]] cooperation. For these, no explicit [[price]] data will be allowed to leave any [[friendly retail]] location, though if there are general trends in pricing ie. "[[Bread]] is cheap in [[Company Y]]" then that might get included into some of the [[Wikis]]. | |||
[[Intershop navigation]] wherein you are instructed to the closest [[retail]] location offering the [[product]]s you require might be implemented, but it is not of a high priority. | [[Intershop navigation]] wherein you are instructed to the closest [[retail]] location offering the [[product]]s you require might be implemented, but it is not of a high priority. | ||
The internet is full of such price comparison services, so the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] won't be implementing them. It might have to set some rules for access to [[price data]] and reflect that in the [[Consumerium License]] - for instance, retailers could agree to make such data available for aggregation provided that security measures are taken to guard the data from popping up in the wrong places | |||
'''External links:''' | |||
* http://shop.bizrate.com/ - search over 40.000 shops on the net for lowest prices |