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Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket

www.abc.net.au

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Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket

www.abc.net.au

Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Paper price labels are being ditched for digital ones as online-style "dynamic pricing" comes to shelves in shopping centres.
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  • Dewey McBrewster@lemmy.world
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    If they want to do dynamic pricing, maybe we’ll just have to start dynamic shopping.

  • Smaile@lemmy.ca
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    these gonna get hacked…

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      I will buy that for a dollar. (no really lettuce for a $1 is worth the hack)

  • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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    My local store can not even get a reliable source of staple foods (the distributor often shorts them milk, meat or whatever), there is no way this:

    A) Works

    B) Is adopted by any non large store

    C) Is accepted as anything but a hated cash grab

    • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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      I’ve already seen them in several stores near me, including Walmart. The entire store was switched over to them.

  • phx@lemmy.world
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    What’s the common way for updating these? I have some similar devices that use Wi-Fi but local stores seem to use some sort of nearby transmitter pointex towards the shelves, maybe infrared/optical

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      probably they set certain times of day where there will be surge pricing, like around 12-1pm where more people come in for lunch, and around 4-5pmish where people off work.

  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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    If this happens, I will absolutely try to figure out how to game it

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      Bring items to self checkout. Scans as fast as possible. Walks out with a 20% dynamic discount.

  • Slashme@lemmy.world
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    Or they could charge a customer more if they know the customer always buys the same product.

    How so they propose changing an e-ink shelf label per customer??

    • phx@lemmy.world
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      Probably more timed towards certain times and demographics, but yeah it just takes a couple seconds to update and there are plenty of customers running “loyalty points apps”

  • deadymouse@lemmy.world
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    Great, I have a very bad feeling about this, given the possible crisis of 2026.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    remember if you see someone shoplifting food no the fuck you didnt

  • No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    It is morally correct to shoplift from stores that do this.

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    I’m going to start dynamic payments. “Oh, between 6-9pm I pay 10% less.”

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    Already here in Canada.

  • epicthundercat@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Portland banned it for housing. Time to ban it for everything else!

    https://katu.com/news/local/portland-city-council-votes-to-ban-ai-assisted-rent-price-fixing-to-promote-fair-housing-oregon-artificial-intelligence-landlord-housing-crisis

  • iterable@sh.itjust.works
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    Man would really suck if internet cuts out to get updates when its at the lowest prices…

  • Cheeseballll1@lemmy.world
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    Free epaper displays!

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    Start pushing your state gov to ban this.

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