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Your browser influences what you pay online.

did you even read the article? if you are using safari browser, you might pay more at certain sites. Its like going ti a restaurant and getting a menu with higher prices than the rest of the tables.

Hence what bob said. People should learn to be more 'net savvy'. Like I said, natural selection, if your dumb enough to buy something without shopping around, don't expect any sympathy.
 
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There are so many factors in marketing any product, that the pricing based on browser seems trivial by comparison. Compare same-station gas prices around town, near freeway off-ramps, etc. Compare sales rep attitudes based on the way you're dressed and/or the age/condition of the car you arrived in at the lot.

That info we deliver to every site we visit is there for a purpose (for the website admin/owner), it's not only about how to render the page. ;)
 
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did you even read the article? if you are using safari browser, you might pay more at certain sites. Its like going ti a restaurant and getting a menu with higher prices than the rest of the tables.

Something like that sometimes happen here. If a store thinks you might be rich, like you have a real iPhone or something, they will frequently try charging you the higher price. And foreigners will frequently be charged a premium price, especially if they think you might be an American. Unless you know enough Mandarin to ask for discount and can haggle.
 
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Drive through carwash? Hummer costs more than a mini ;)

The car wash service is for the actual car. A Hummer is bigger than a Mini, so I would say the effort in servicing a Hummer is more than a Mini and a higher cost for the Hummer is reasonable. If I go through a drive through at a restaurant, I am servicing myself. That does not change with the car I drive.
 
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The car wash service is for the actual car. A Hummer is bigger than a Mini, so I would say the effort in servicing a Hummer is more than a Mini and a higher cost for the Hummer is reasonable. If I go through a drive through at a restaurant, I am servicing myself. That does not change with the car I drive.

There are simply people who have never paid one bill in their life and everything they have is from mommy's and daddy's wallet. Anyway....

Let me put it in simple words for you. What is happening is pure discrimination. If they can study your behaviors of buying things online, it's fairy possible that you are never going to find a proper deal online. In other cases they can base things on studies, and lets say, are willing to give a better deal to a Jewish, Indian or Chinese user over Caucasian or Black person. How would they know? Well you type in things and some have keyboard registered. Same way with locations. If you order things from Harlem or south bronx you should not pay less than people ordering from SoHo (or central park facing buildings)

This example is not limited and this should be strictly prohibited, as it was mentioned before you don't pay 30% more for driving to best buy in a Porsche over people on Honda's and Toyotas.
 
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There are simply people who have never paid one bill in their life and everything they have is from mommy's and daddy's wallet.

That reminds of the thread came up a few months ago here in the Lounge. Young man didn't get a job because he had an iPhone.
Chinese student fails job interview because of iPhone ? The Register

"Students who have iPhones don’t work. Everything you have was bought by your parents. You haven’t bought anything by working yourself."


Of course this is China, and things like that can happen here.
 
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It is unfair and shouldn't be allowed .. but it's also not unusual in the 'real' world.

I recently moved to the edge of a very up-market area and when we were getting quotes for things like building work, they were way higher (like double) what they had been for the same work in our previous house in a more average area.

Same thing with quotes from gardeners and cleaners.

You'll also notice that if you go to any up market area, you pay more for most things - a coffee in Starbucks, food at the local supermarket, gas .. Of course, some of that is because the businesses are probably paying higher rents, which is not the case in the virtual world.
 
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I noticed years ago price diffences such as this and am grateful for the common sense I was blessed with. I Never just jump the gun and buy something I always shop around as some would say, it's all about doing our research before buying any product. Just as we don't just use any software or app we look at ratings and reviews. I even go so far as checking the BBB and/ or consumer reviews. Keeps me from getting ripped off.

Sent from my SPH-D710VMUB
 
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