Another Reason to Switch to Firefox
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