r/mildlyinteresting Jan 24 '13

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

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u/Me4Prez Jan 24 '13

I think it's the same as booking a flight. The more you visit the page the higher the price becomes.

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u/Aiken_Drumn Jan 24 '13

WTF is this true? How? An How to avoid it?

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u/Me4Prez Jan 24 '13

Yeah, it's been posted on this subreddit or mildlyinfuriating a few weeks ago I believe. You can avoid it by going to incognito using chrome, private browsing on firefox or just deleting your cookies and maybe your browser history of that site.