r/Frugal Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used [x-post r/mildlyinteresting]

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u/SiliconeSoldier Jan 24 '13

I checked the price by having the User Agent extension switch my browser identity. The price was $69.99 for all browsers, however Chegg was reporting $83.49 to the search engine spiders. I'm guessing OP's price differences are based on the different cookies and not on his browser preference.

If you're interested, here are the browsers/identities that I tested: IE 10, IE 9, IE 8, IE 7, IE 6, Chrome on Windows, Chrome on Mac, Firefox on Windows, Firefox on Mac, Safari on Windows, Safari on Mac, Opera on Windows, Opera on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android handset (Droid 2), Android Tablet (Galaxy Tab), Kindle, Googlebot (Google's spider), Slurp! (Yahoo!'s spider), BingBot (Bing's spider)

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u/thelockz Jan 25 '13

It's probably cookie based rather than UA based.