In case you needed one more reason to ditch your Internet Explorer and spread Firefox all over your tragicallt cluttered PC, apparently Fandango will cut you a price break.
I was logged into Fandango trying to beat the geeks to the advance tickets for X-Men III this weekend. Using IE, I got up to the order screen.
(Click to enlarge.)
Note the service fee is $2 per ticket.
So I took a break, and later went back to Fandango, but this time using Firefox:
Note the service fee is a mere $0.99 per ticket. Same movie, same theater, same showtime, radically different price.
I closed both browsers and retraced my steps. Same results.
What gives? Anyone able to replicate or have a clue?
I've heard anecdotes about Firefox users getting different, better offers on some shopping sites, but have never been able to confirm this behavior. All I can tell you is enjoy the $1.01 bonus. :-)
Posted by: Paul Kim | May 25, 2006 at 05:43 AM
PK: You are going to give full disclosure, right? I mean the way I hear it, you basically created Firefox yourself. MPJ
Posted by: Podgers | May 25, 2006 at 07:30 AM
I wonder if this is another Myth?
http://www.firefoxmyths.com
Posted by: MT | May 25, 2006 at 07:13 PM
MT, what do you think the word "myth" means?
Posted by: seamus | May 25, 2006 at 07:45 PM
It could be that you're cookied in IE as having purchased lots of tickets from Fandango before. Fandango is probably offering a lower price if you've bought there less, so the 'firefox you' gets a better deal than the 'internet explorer' you, at least right now. i think i remember seeing the same thing on travelocity one time.
Posted by: eliotvb | May 26, 2006 at 12:48 AM
Wow, interesting...eliotvb makes a good point about cookies.
It seems almost too good to be true. But then Google is paying $1 to anyone who refers a person to downloading FireFox, so who knows?
Posted by: Jackson West | May 28, 2006 at 11:43 AM