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ColoringFool

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4. You Would Be Incorrect On All Counts. In Store, Being Done, Not Illegal....

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 05:18 PM

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The variable "dynamic" pricing is an attempt to increase profits using the same methods ticket-scalpers have used for decades, only with enhanced surveillance techniques and use of our personal information via photo recognition.

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Maryland to become first state to ban 'dynamic pricing' in grocery stores [View all] usonian Wednesday OP

Digital price tags are appearing in the Walmarts in Oregon. Permanut Wednesday #1

I suspect it's just an easier way to start/end sales, thus reducing the number of employees (and vendors) AZJonnie Wednesday #2

You Would Be Incorrect On All Counts. In Store, Being Done, Not Illegal.... ColoringFool Wednesday #4

Proof it's being done in-store, in real-time, on a per-customer basis? AZJonnie Wednesday #5

Yeah, I don't know how people don't get this. W_HAMILTON Wednesday #9

Yet The Generations Developing Such Anti-Human Technology Berate Boomers. Go Figure. ColoringFool Wednesday #3

It's a topic worth... GJGCA Wednesday #6

It would seem to prohibit stores from offering sales or discounts to customers under loyalty or rewards programs MichMan Wednesday #7

Knowing nothing about that law, I imagine that loyalty programs offer rewards for your info and a stated lower price usonian Wednesday #8