Safari won't delete cookies.

I know this has been asked before but it doesn't seem to me that it's ever been resolved.
Safari is version 6.0.5 on Lion 10.7.5. If I try to delete cookies, within a few minutes a lot, but not all of them re-appear. I want to get rid of them because I've noticed that if I visit some sites, then others, all of a sudden ads, sometimes slooooow running ads with video.
Side note to any advertisers: Being obnoxious and stalking people isn't exactly endearing me to your products.
I don't seem to see the same problems with FireFox, SeaMonkey, or Chrome, although I rarely use Chrome well enough to be sure. I also have an old laptop PPC running Leopard, and I've noticed that when I kill the cookies on it they're gone.
Is there a resolution to this?
Thanks.

When it comes to cookie management on Safari ... much better off using another browser.
It's been discussed here extensively.
Older versions of OS X such as Leopard. Cookies are not handled the same as in recent Safari versions.
Apple - Apple's Use of Cookies
You can send feedback to Apple here.

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