It’s not always cheaper to buy online. The brick and mortars pay their shipping by the truck and save that way. Online retailers have to charge shipping by the item, which can add up.
I can understand price + shipping changes as determined by zip or ISP. The online retailers are at that point competing with brick & mortar stores local to the customer, or maybe with inconvenience the customer may shoulder if faced with having to transport a bulky/heavy item home.
Creepy tho that browsing in private/incognito is not as secure as I had thought. Nothing I can do about that. Maybe false-flag such snoopiness by hitting on a bunch of competitive shopping sites at once, so they can see you’re comparing prices?
Another useless study trying to create an issue where none exists. We use to call it “shopping around”. Heck, even big box stores may have different prices on the same items in the same towns. In fact, I have seen gas stations with a 20 cent difference in price just a couple miles apart. Just be a smart consumer. Same could also apply to homes. Using this logic shouldn’t the price of a home in N.Y. be the same as a home in Indiana.
I’m sure it’s that white supremacist Donald Trump’s fault...
...him, or George W. Bush.
Class action lawsuit/shakedown in 3... 2... 1...
In Chrome, you can select ‘New Incognito Window’. Then they won’t know who you are or what your zip code is.
When you have to log in with your location in order to see a price, or a certain region’s sale ad, that’s a pretty good clue that they have regional pricing.
I’ve taken trips to Chicago and seen the Target pricing and ads were different from the Indianapolis region. I’m sure the cost of bribing the right people is a lot higher in Chicago, Target has to build that into their pricing structure.
My wife and I were shopping for airline tickets to Dublin. Every time I went to the site to see the prices and get ready to make a reservaton, I notice the price had gone up a little bit (like $20). I suggested that my wife log on using her computer, and the prices were back down for her for the same flight. We booked the flight on her computer right then and there.
I think that they know that if you come back to the same site multiple times, you are interested and they raise the price.
Some online stores are upfront up the shipping charges being higher in certain areas.
QVC and HSN are two of them. If you live in a rural area your costs will be higher. Makes sense to me.
Take for instant Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's and stores like that, they have Warehouses all over United States and all most all of them are near major shipping hubs of United states, so their isn't going to be a major problem in buying from them.
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