Okay, here's the deal. I know that web sites can track your purchasing history. For instance, I'll visit Midway, then go to another website, and a Midway advertisement might pop up.
But here is the core of my question. Do websites jack up prices to your particular IP address subsequent to your having looked at things?
Mrs. Merkt looks at travel stuff online. She prices things. Often enough she tells me, "I just looked at this cruise / air fare yesterday and it was $1X. Today, I went back and the same thing is $1.5X." Do they raise prices based on your looking at them? I know prices for travel arrangements are subject to shifting around. But I get this creepy feeling that they jack them based on your personal hits on the site. Mrs. Merkt says I'm crazy for thinking this. Am I being paranoid?
But here is the core of my question. Do websites jack up prices to your particular IP address subsequent to your having looked at things?
Mrs. Merkt looks at travel stuff online. She prices things. Often enough she tells me, "I just looked at this cruise / air fare yesterday and it was $1X. Today, I went back and the same thing is $1.5X." Do they raise prices based on your looking at them? I know prices for travel arrangements are subject to shifting around. But I get this creepy feeling that they jack them based on your personal hits on the site. Mrs. Merkt says I'm crazy for thinking this. Am I being paranoid?