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Orbitz Presenting More Expensive Hotels to Mac Users

I don't know man, even people with $20.000/year income could afford a Mac, it's not like you would buy Mac each month. People would use it for 2 - 3years maybe.

What's the basic of Mac user get more expensive offers? PC side could be crazy too. AlienWare users could spend much more than us. Do they get more offers?
 
How absurd! It's the equivalent of racial profiling on the Immigrants on the US. But again windows users are cheap, they are well aware that both their OS and their support is outsourced!

-Mike
 
pgiguere1 said:
This makes the front page?
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Seriously dude? You've been on macrumors for 3 years now so I'm sure you've seen that just about every other story some douche complains that 'this shouldn't be front page news'.

Get over it.

It's a silly little mac rumors site. Not the New York Times.
 
Aren't mac users also more likely to use credit rather than cash? Having more expensive taste doesn't mean you can necessarily afford it. Unfortunately amongst the younger generation, credit has gone from being a convenience tool to one that is used to borrow money.

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mikefla said:
How absurd! It's the equivalent of racial profiling on the Immigrants on the US. But again windows users are cheap, they are well aware that both their OS and their support is outsourced!

-Mike
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You couldn't make this post dumber if you tried. How is it like profiling exactly?

Outsourced....like how all apple products are made in and assembled in China by Foxconn? Or Mexico? or Brazil?

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iSayuSay said:
I don't know man, even people with $20.000/year income could afford a Mac, it's not like you would buy Mac each month. People would use it for 2 - 3years maybe.

What's the basic of Mac user get more expensive offers? PC side could be crazy too. AlienWare users could spend much more than us. Do they get more offers?
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Exactly. Or just about every college student since most happen to be over the age of 18. Since macs typically last longer, wouldn't the windows user end up spending just as much on their computer over time?
 
koolmagicguy said:
Since when do computer owners make more than 70,000 a year? If I made that I'd have no problem paying more for a hotel.
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What???? What does owning a computer have to do with annual income? So if I make more than $xxxxx I do not need nor have a use for a computer? Also just because you make more money doesn't mean you have more disposable income nor does it mean you have the want or need to spend it.

I find some of the lemmings here hilarious; stating you are okay with spending more money on a hotel because you own an Apple product....really? But before you purchased an apple product you stated in cheap hotels? So let's see to the elitists posers, if you use your iPhone to buy your coffee at Starbucks, then you do not mind Starbucks charging you more just because you own an iPhone right? Come on **** with that!

And in the end, this is not what orbitz is doing, but they should at least all you to select your display and sort preferences to show cheapest or most expensive or star ratings in any order you wish
 
lol it took me nearly a year to save up for my iMac and iPad 2 (I also own a MacBook and PPC iMac G5) ... I have such a low paying job that I haven't been able to even THINK about a vacation let alone a hotel room in over a decade. Some of us Apple lovers definitely do not have the means to spend more.
 
I get a kick that they pretend they do this to help people. Right. This is like how Pemco inflates the price of insurance if you get a PhD. Any excuse to pad the bottom line.

Next up: Google isn't evil because they say they aren't. Now give them all your information.
 
Roc P. said:
lol it took me nearly a year to save up for my iMac and iPad 2 (I also own a MacBook and PPC iMac G5) ... I have such a low paying job that I haven't been able to even THINK about a vacation let alone a hotel room in over a decade. Some of us Apple lovers definitely do not have the means to spend more.
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Consider sending less of your money to Cupertino - you'd have more to spend on other things.
 
how much I spend on a room has nothing to do with my computer. Am I trying to have a romantic weekend or just a place to crash so I don't have to drive home drunk? That's the stuff that drives my choice in hotel.
 
A/B testing is the norm for all major ecommerce sites. Orbitz is just one of the few that has illustrated how they are using it.
 
0815 said:
Let me guess: You just read the headline and skipped the actual article ...
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Nope. I read the article. I don't like when companies pull BS like this. Just when I forget which travel site used to increase prices if you were a frequent visitor.

ladeer said:
price for a given room is the same. they just show pricier hotels on top instead of the budget lodging choices first. (read the article)
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I did read the article. Its still not acceptable. Its purposely making it harder to find the cheaper rooms.
 
ReallyBigFeet said:
A/B testing is the norm for all major ecommerce sites. Orbitz is just one of the few that has illustrated how they are using it.
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There is that site (forgot the name) that adds something like 10% if you're browsing with IE. The difference is they're vocal about it and state the reasons for them doing it (they have to develop independently for IE and hate you). They don't hide it and then spin it as a service for the people they think they can get more money out of.
 
b166er said:
how much I spend on a room has nothing to do with my computer. Am I trying to have a romantic weekend or just a place to crash so I don't have to drive home drunk? That's the stuff that drives my choice in hotel.
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True, but could have been phrased a little better. Living about an hour south of San Francisco, there have been times when we've booked a room at a hotel in the city within walking distance of an event - so that the "designated driver" thing was the next morning. (If it's a $500/plate dinner, the extra cost of a hotel room isn't a biggie).

But, if Orbitz has found a better way to fleece the sheep - more power to them.
 
chrono1081 said:
Nope. I read the article. I don't like when companies pull BS like this. Just when I forget which travel site used to increase prices if you were a frequent visitor.

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I did read the article. Its still not acceptable. Its purposely making it harder to find the cheaper rooms.
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You don't get it....EVERY eCommerce site is doing this. ALL of them, at least all of them that are successful.

In fact, you'd have to look long and hard to find a single site you purchase goods/services from that DOESNT operate using A/B testing to fine-tune their sites and then add on user profile-driven criteria to refine the experience you get. Heck, even Google does this with searches.

There was a whole article on this in Wired a couple months ago.

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/04/ff_abtesting/
 
hey, if you can overpay for a computer you can overpay for a hotel room.

just imagine steve jobs slept there and pay even more.
 
ReallyBigFeet said:
You don't get it....EVERY eCommerce site is doing this. ALL of them, at least all of them that are successful.

In fact, you'd have to look long and hard to find a single site you purchase goods/services from that DOESNT operate using A/B testing to fine-tune their sites and then add on user profile-driven criteria to refine the experience you get. Heck, even Google does this with searches.

There was a whole article on this in Wired a couple months ago.

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/04/ff_abtesting/
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Yes I assure you, I "get" it. I just don't agree with it.

I don't get why everyone is getting pissy because I think its wrong to try and rip of a customer. Grow up. I can have an opinion just like everyone else. I personally don't like sites that do this.
 
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