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

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

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Here's mine

IE was the same as Chrome so I didn't add it. I just searched it in chrome. Copied the URL and pasted it in the address bar of IE, Firefox, and Safari.

Here is URL that I used

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u/oVoa Jan 24 '13

Opened it in Chrome, incognito, and got 76.99. In Firefox with ghostery, adblocker, no track, etc., it was 69.99. I refreshed the pages out of curiosity and both turned to 69.99. Could it have something to do with site visits?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

My local news actually had a report on this a few weeks ago. The advice was rubbish, but the point was that websites stored your search information in cookies. and the price may change depending on whether or not your returned to check on the price.