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Originally Posted by slex
You actually kind of sneaked into it *, since you changed your location to India (I assume you are not there). And I'm not talking about the legality of it. It may be legal or it may be not **. It may not be covered by law, but it doesn't mean it's right. And that is what I am talking about. In both cases someone exploits the vulnerability of someone else and causes them damage.
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Actually, no, I boldly walked in and didn't sneak in. I didn't use an IP cloaker to disguise I'm in the US. I didn't use a proxy that said I was in India. When asked what state I live in I said "Nevada" not an Indian one. The address I gave is my actual address, with just the country changed to India. I used my US credit card which charges in US dollars. I couldn't have screamed any louder that "I'm from the US!!" but the store didn't seem to care.
In my theoretic bookstore there were two doors, one marked "US only" and one that said "India only." I had a coupon only good in the Indian store, so I walked in there. I'm totally pasty, wearing western dress and speak American-accented English. My ID says "US" on it. I pick out my book, hand it and the coupon over, give my US address, US ID and US credit card and the cashier processes my transaction.
Nothing remotely sneaky about it, except for walking in that door in the first place. If the store wants the door to mean anything they need to make even a token effort at enforcing the partition, which they didn't.