Are Apple Users getting Shafted?

[ahoustondj]

Seems like when you want to rent a Hotel room it may cost you more if you use an Apple instead of a PC to book the room.
Read On! http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57460254-93/mac-users-pay-more-than-pc-users-says-orbitz/

 

[TheOlogee]

Thanks for sharing...A buddy of mine was trying to get me to convert to a Mac earlier today. Makes me wonder :triwink:.

 

[ahoustondj]

Thanks for sharing...A buddy of mine was trying to get me to convert to a Mac earlier today. Makes me wonder :triwink:.

It is better to drink Booze than Apple Kool-Aid!

 

[jokerswild]

I find the type of computer used to book a room is irrelevant to the price.... I think it's a lot of BS

 

[ahoustondj]

 

[Jeff Romard]

Well come on they figure that you got sucked in that big once you'll fall for anything. Mention you're a Bose owner and you have to take out a Mortgage

 

[Scott Hanna]

lol.....So, if you are a Black, bose using, apple geek, you'd pay more and still not be allowed to stay there.

 

[Ed Witles]

esp when the Bose looks like a ..........

 

[Dan The Man]

Seems like when you want to rent a Hotel room it may cost you more if you use an Apple instead of a PC to book the room.
Read On! http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57460254-93/mac-users-pay-more-than-pc-users-says-orbitz/

It's actually kind of smart. Dubious but smart. I'd venture to say most of your Mac users are affluent or at the very least don't mind kicking out extra for something that is perceived better.

 

[steve149]

Yes, but when the company (Orbitz) admits to it, that's pretty stupid, since no one using a mac will ever visit their site again for fear of being overcharged.

 

[SemiRetired DJ]

No, they're getting cored.

Get it? Apple ... Core ...

OK, that was bad too...

 

[SemiRetired DJ]

Now, just thinkin', is there a way to block the browser from reading the computer type?

 

[Dan The Man]

Now, just thinkin', is there a way to block the browser from reading the computer type?

You can spoof the user agent which I'm guessing is how Orbitz is figuring out the OS.

 

[steve149]

That or they just assume that all Safari users are Apple users (therein shafting PC users using Safari as well).

 

[SoftJock Rick]

Typical log entry when you go to somebodies site:

80.122.218.178 - - [06/Feb/2011:20:59:06 -0800] "GET /images/remoterequestiny.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 3784 "http://www.softjock.com/downloads.htm" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET4.0C; AskTbCPUID/5.9.1.14019)" "www.softjock.com"


You'd have to spoof through a proxy, otherwise we get all yer info.