Exposing price discrimination in online shopping (Marketplace)
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Published 2017-11-24
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All Comments (21)
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Location can affect price. Use a VPN and book an airline ticket, but set VPN in the country you want to go! Can save you thousands in some cases!
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The older lady with the glasses is never shopping online again. 😂😂😂
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Man, something about this video feels like it's from 2008
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No wonder the books I needed for school would keep changing when I would search on Amazon for them. They would go from really cheap to super expensive to super cheap again, and I would get so confused, like “wasn’t that price different a couple of hours ago??”
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this is such an eye opener. i know that cookies do targeted ads but i didnt know about this price change!! great journalism!
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The problem with just using incognito mode, is you still have the same IP address. You should also try to combine VPNs or proxies if you really want to play around with prices.
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Pricing psychology is deceptive for many reasons. At the end of the day, price is what ever the customer is willing to pay.
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I'm over 3 years late, but I've been watching so many marketplace episodes and they're so good, this is fantastic journalism and research!
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I am more interested in ads that pop up on my phone from conversations that were had in my private residence , no searches or Cookies involved
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I always notice when Amazon change thier prices. If you leave things in your cart for a while the website will notify you. Since I do online shop I will go into incognito mode to compare prices. That is a good idea
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I know this channel is in canada, but I tried it here in the states for different hotels and cars in my area. The same techniques they used too. And I got sometimes 40% off of a 4 star hotel room on my phone but on my laptop there was no discount for the same thing. If I ever want to rent a car or book a hotel stay, I'm definitely using this technique again to save more money.
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Airlines have been doing similar ever since tickets became available for online purchasing. One time I looked for a flight on the company's own website, went to another company's website to check theirs, returned to the original, and the price had gone up considerably. This occurred within a matter of minutes.
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There needs to be laws in place that make it illegal for companies to sell data
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That Expedia VP said possibly the worst thing she could have...
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Prices on hotel rooms, airlines etc. have always been very volatile and subject to change. You also need to see how price discrimination exists in more solid retail goods.
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Now this is the type of journalism that helps inform people. Great work!
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What the heck do you think Facebook does with private info some freely share multiple times a day about habits, families and things they like?
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17 minutes into this video and I realize they've been going this same thing for years at shopping centers. Shop in a mid-high class shopping center and you will see lower prices for a bag of chips, eggs, milk, bread than you will in a poor neighborhood.
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It is the same as the fact that virtually everyone sitting in economy on the same flight has paid a different price for a seat.
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14:40, men you have to admire that dedication to still make a commercial even when she knew that she was busted.
