Property News · August 7, 2010

Beware the cookies: they can cost you money


First the flight was £187, then suddenly it became £212. An urban myth was trueMost net users know that websites place cookies on your computer (it’s how they remember your name and address details). But do they somehow track you, raising prices when you return to a website to make a purchase, knowing that you’ve been there and are interested in the item? I thought this cookies business was an urban myth, but my experience this week tells me otherwise.On Monday evening I was buying a return flight to Ireland for this weekend on behalf of a friend. The price was £187, a bit steep, so I double-checked this was exactly what he wanted, that the flight times were acceptable, flipped in and out of other airline websites, and so on. But when I went back into the site – only minutes later – the price had changed to £212. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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