A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts

Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by gruez on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:19PM (#23706069)

I'm pretty sure most sites (eg. Amazon) does the same thing. Probably for the reason you mentioned: so they can have your contact information to send you spam later.

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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by datenhorst on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:50AM (#23711259)

My girlfriend uses this as a pretty effective tactic to get discounts - you just have to wait a couple of days and they'll send you an email with a lower price to keep down abandonment rates

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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by judge2020 on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @09:48PM (#23709117)

Haven't received any "items in your cart" emails from Amazon peronally, but I will end up seeing Ads for the products later on.

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