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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by chooseaname on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:00AM (#17960319)
I heard once that Mac users see slightly higher prices, but I've never been able to personally confirm that.
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by astura on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:58AM (#17960892)
I thought that was for airplane tickets?
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by chooseaname on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:04PM (#17961468)
I've never heard it about airplane tickets. However, I will definitely look for that the next time I need to travel.
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by burlesona on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:59PM (#17961912)
Ugh. Do you have any source / evidence for that?
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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by jfim on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:27PM (#17962119)
Orbitz did it a couple of years ago, showing more expensive hotels to Mac users for example.

http://business.time.com/2012/06/26/orbitz-shows-higher-pric...

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by kkarakk on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:54AM (#17977300)
it's easily verifiable, spoof your h/w,s/w and connection and visit a webpage you just viewed. the prices will be different. there are even use cases of buying return tickets from the destination country being cheaper than buying it from where you are. it's such common knowledge that even popular youtubers are making videos about it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utsnt6GFrKo (linus tech tips-6 minute watch) VPNs are quickly becoming compulsory tools to save mucho dinero
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