RE: Interesting Website - sidestep.com

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Turns out this is in the news:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/ramasastry.website.prices/

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1824919,00.asp

Joe


> From: Chuck Lewis
> 
> This is interesting. One of out sons works in IT also, here in
> Indianapolis.
> He told me yesterday that he was searching for plane tickets to
Atlanta
> for
> this Thanksgiving (family road trip) and was on the sidestep website.
He
> got
> the price and closed the browser. Then he wanted to check it again and
> fired
> it back up and the ticket was $40.00 more ! This was within seconds.
Then
> he
> tried to go to other travel websites and it be wouldn't work. He gave
up
> but
> mentioned it to some of his coworkers and they said "Oh ya, run
Adaware
> and
> deleted the cookies and try" and he did and it worked.
> 
> 
> 
> Any one else seen this behavior ? I tried it and couldn't replicate it
but
> I
> am locked down very tight. The guys he worked with we very aware of
it.
> 
> 
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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