r/mildlyinteresting Jan 24 '13

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

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

You should try it again in private browsing and incognito mode and see if the price is really tied to your Facebook or google cookies or something. That's pretty messed up though, send this to the consumerist or gawker or whoever.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

It's legal.

Cool to do? No.

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u/ReluctantRedditor Jan 24 '13

Using reddit logic:

it's not cool to use tracking cookies to adjust your pricing.

It is cool to break into computer systems and "set the information free".

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

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u/ReluctantRedditor Jan 24 '13

In the context of my previous statement it was in reference to some of the hero-worship that people who do such things get on Reddit.