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Well they track your IP and have some models based on behavior studies where they figured out how they can extract more money from you. In fact it is a mix of a
by aikah 11y ago
Well they track your IP and have some models based on behavior studies where they figured out how they can extract more money from you. In fact it is a mix of algorithms and techniques, Tickets also vary depending on the day of the week, the hour when you check the price, your location and even the browser you are using or the OS!. I find it totally unethical but I guess that's what "maximizing profit" means for these merchants.
- seanp2k2 11y agoYep, and so as a savvy consumer, I'm willing to modify referral URLs, construct false histories by sharing cookies or making cookies specifically to visit other sites which would lower my price, switch user agents out, and do quite a bit of other stuff which would take me only a few minutes to save possibly $50-100. My competition is the average consumer who will do none of this, so in the arms race, I can always be far ahead of I'm willing to invest some time to experiment and reverse-engineer the algorithms.
- rokhayakebe 11y agoThe Saving Game.