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Seth Godin weighs in on Best Buy’s Secret Website

Posted by Marshall on March 05, 2007 | Link It

I noticed some one at Best Buy, headquartered in Minnesota, was looking at my earlier post about Best Buy Investigated for Secret Website - Blogosphere reacts and Seth Godin also commented in We won't be undersold.

But it seems to me, whatever the intent of the Secret Intranet Websites that looked identical to the public site - but generally had higher prices - is Best Buy rigging the system so they can't be undersold.

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