I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page

Re:I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page by paublyrne on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:04PM (#19923758)

Any examples?

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Re:I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page by dymk on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:59PM (#19924214)

https://news.northeastern.edu/2014/10/23/ecommerce-study/

The actual paper: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/cbw/static/pdf/imc151-hannak.pdf...

"As shown in Figure 11, Travelocity alters hotel search results for users who browse from iOS devices." (In particular, alters the prices shown to the user).

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Re:I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page by nitrogen on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @09:54PM (#19925498)

I was shopping for flights last Christmas and got price X on every site. I started checking out and the price became X+50. I got angry and left and came back later to find the price, on all sites, was X+80. Since I had no choice but to travel I paid X+80. Then for kicks and self torture I checked the price on my Android phone and it was still around X.

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Re:I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page by isostatic on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:20AM (#19926358)

Jacking up prices when revisiting the site from the same browser is a separate thing. It’s there to encourage you to buy ASAP as prices appear to be increasing rapidly.

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Re:I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page by ccozan on Thursday May 16, 2019 @03:40AM (#19926947)

That's why I always start with an incognito tab and let FF do sime magic with the fingerprinting.

I get most honest prices.

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