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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by Ruthalas on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:59PM (#23706610)
I will bail from the purchasing process on sites that are unwilling to give me a final price before I enter payment information.

A postal code should suffice, and I'm not providing more personal information if the site is unwilling to say what I'll be charged upfront.

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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by texasbigdata on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:21PM (#23707468)
Isn't that most of them? Unless you assume they eat variable shipping by 'fronting' you a fixed price. Apologies if I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by Ruthalas on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:52PM (#23707781)
It is still typical (for which I am thankful), but that seems to be shifting a bit.

A relatively common example would be shops using the Shopify platform.

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