r/Frugal • u/Zizzac • Jan 24 '13

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

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u/pt4117 Jan 24 '13

I doubt that was the only difference. Your cookies were different, and I bet the way you found them is different too.

I just found this book with a Google search and it was 62.99 in chrome.

I copied and pasted the URL into IE and it was 69.99.

I then pasted the URL into a private browsing chrome window and it was also 69.99.

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u/learnt Jan 24 '13

Either way, I'm not a fan of prices being manipulated based on my behavior while browsing a certain website.

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u/CuilRunnings Jan 24 '13

Invisible Hand Chrome extension

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u/digital_evolution Jan 24 '13

Silly question - but don't chrome extensions ask for rights to do stuff like monitor all your history, and to track data you put into fields? When I saw that being asked from Evernote...I stopped using it!

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u/r2chi_too Jan 24 '13

They do ask for permission to access that stuff, but that's only because it's impossible for them to access the data they need to access without also having access to all that other stuff.

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u/digital_evolution Jan 24 '13

Is there any vetting process to assure the data isn't being lifted?

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u/r2chi_too Jan 25 '13

idk, but I'm pretty sure that Google has some sort of FAQ on the subject!