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W_HAMILTON

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

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:39 PM

10 hrs ago

The system worked just fine for my entire life and I'm sure years -- decades? -- before that

But if we are to believe the billionaire excuse that it takes too much time to change prices tags now, well, then this bill still allows them to move to digital price tags -- it just eliminates the predatory dynamic pricing aspect that it is actually being used for.

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Maryland to become first state to ban 'dynamic pricing' in grocery stores [View all] usonian 16 hrs ago OP

Digital price tags are appearing in the Walmarts in Oregon. Permanut 16 hrs ago #1

I suspect it's just an easier way to start/end sales, thus reducing the number of employees (and vendors) AZJonnie 15 hrs ago #2

You Would Be Incorrect On All Counts. In Store, Being Done, Not Illegal.... ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #4

Proof it's being done in-store, in real-time, on a per-customer basis? AZJonnie 14 hrs ago #5

Yeah, I don't know how people don't get this. W_HAMILTON 10 hrs ago #9

Yet The Generations Developing Such Anti-Human Technology Berate Boomers. Go Figure. ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #3

It's a topic worth... GJGCA 14 hrs ago #6

It would seem to prohibit stores from offering sales or discounts to customers under loyalty or rewards programs MichMan 13 hrs ago #7

Knowing nothing about that law, I imagine that loyalty programs offer rewards for your info and a stated lower price usonian 10 hrs ago #8