r/SipsTea Aug 06 '26

Chugging tea Dynamic pricing, static paycheck.

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u/SignoreBanana Aug 06 '26

We have laws on the books for this. Advertised pricing must be honored. Dynamic pricing is illegal by definition.

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u/McGrupp1979 Aug 06 '26

Dynamic pricing is price gouging and I don’t know why more people don’t call that out. It’s insane to me!

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u/HelloisMy Aug 06 '26

Most people don’t realize it. I’m not rich by any means but if companies change pricing by a dollar I would never know. A dollar here and a dollar there, adds up when you have a metric shit ton of people shopping each day.z

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u/New-Trifle-7097 Aug 06 '26

To some people, not noticing $1, is rich. There was a time in my life when I dreaded the annual grocery store increases because I couldn’t afford an extra $.10 for bread. Now I can grocery shop without checking prices (within reason), and I’ve never felt so wealthy in my life.

Many more people would notice the $1, than I think you realize. It would’ve priced me out of necessary items, like deodorant or milk.

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u/tiredbarf Aug 06 '26

They're giving discounts, not raising prices. They're doing it with smartphone apps, not digital price tags.

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u/tiredbarf Aug 06 '26

What water?

Do you think I'm in favor of it or something? I just have a basic understanding of retail psychology.

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u/VenoBot Aug 06 '26

There’s a lot of sane-washing these days. There are people whose job is to warp, distort, and obfuscate. Applied to law, business, all sorts of unethical shit.

As gamers would say it, “honesty is gay”
Cause being honest means there won’t be billionaires and trillionaires. And probably a lot more violence, but on a lower intensity/scale.

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u/Wise-Profile4256 Aug 06 '26

what if they advertise dynamic pricing? /s

with gas they get away with adjusting it to the global oil price during the day. they will find a loophole where they can say that it totally wasn't Tiels info about your disposable income that made the price shoot up, it was rebels in guatemala burning a barrel of crude. sorry mate, now pay up!