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23rd November 2009 - Link Blog

Hacker News thread on Negative Cashback. Is it common practice for online stores with affiliate referral schemes to artificially inflate their prices if they’re going to have to pay out a referral bonus?

Posted 23rd November 2009 at 9:44 pm

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