Your data from your searches impacts prices

[razz]

Thought that some would find this http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-online-prices-profiles-1.4414240 (http://http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-online-prices-profiles-1.4414240) interesting to read. I have noticed that whatever I have searched seems to trigger ads on the topic but never thought that it might cause some fluctuation in price. There is advice to guide us as well.

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Ever notice how after online shopping or browsing, the advertisements you see on every website seem to have been personalized to include whatever you were looking for?

A Marketplace investigation reveals it's not just ads that your browsing history can affect — it's also the price you're charged.

Companies have the technology to personalize your price using data from your computer, and a Marketplace test shows they're using it.

Shoppers accessing the same website at the same time can be shown different prices for the same product.

[Teacher Terry]

Well that certainly is terrible!

[flowerseverywhere]

I think Amazon does this. Their ads pop up in news stories.

[Chicken lady]

Works for me. Today I clicked on a link in an e-mail from a company I have ordered from before. Their “special sale price” on the item I wanted was higher than I have paid in the past, so I closed the window. Within 3 minutes I had a better coupon in my inbox.

[SteveinMN]

Sometimes leaving stuff in the "cart" overnight or so will get you an economic inducement to check out, too.

[iris lilies]

Sometimes leaving stuff in the "cart" overnight or so will get you an economic inducement to check out, too.
Oh, thats interesting! Now that you mention it, I do remember getting email messages urging me to buy, with a discounted orice, things in a cart.