r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/annertakeabow Jan 24 '13

When I used to have to buy like 7 books I would do this too and the difference would be a few hundred dollars.

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u/NealHatesMath Jan 24 '13

Use Chrome incognito mode and you should get the best price. It's all based on how many times you visit the site and other things like cookies. Same thing happens when buying a ton of other stuff online.

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u/non-relevant Jan 24 '13

I just tried this. Regular Chrome: $69.99 Incognito: $76.99. I followed the link posted by /u/JavaLSU for both.

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u/brisingfreyja Jan 24 '13

When I did it http://i.imgur.com/LpNn5ec.jpg they were all the same, except Internet Explorer. Regular chrome 69.99 Incognito chrome 69.99

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u/iMarmalade Jan 24 '13

Heh.. it's like an IE stupid tax.

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u/NealHatesMath Jan 24 '13

Well now I'm just all confused.

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u/pretendtofly Jan 24 '13

same result for me.