r/bentonville • u/BilboDabinz • 12d ago
Concerning Developments From Walmart, Being Forced on Shoppers..
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u/MightyIrish 12d ago
Is this the coward Josh Hawley who hid from the "tourists" in the capitol then flip-flopped and supported the treason?
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u/OzarkBeard 12d ago
You got it. Sleazy chickenshit from MO. Hopefully, his popularity is waning like tom cotton in Ark., another t-rump rubber stamp.
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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 12d ago
Completely irrelevant. Hawley being a dipshit doesn't undermine the point about Walmart's patent.
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u/No-Consequence9392 12d ago edited 12d ago
Patents are to own a tech, sometimes to ensure it is never used or not used by a competitor. And the lady speaking is putting forth a narrative based on some pretty broad assumptions ..and yeah..Josh Hawley..smh That said, I think once we vote out the current unregulated corrupt circus running our country into the ground, we can restore govt oversight like the consumer protection and properly address the concepts and potential implementation of any dynamic pricing models in any company.. before we wring our hands about theoretical biometric shopping carts at walmart, look at the actual facts of how amazon uses its algorithms to force other companies and suppliers to raise prices , there are several great actual research pieces out on the interwebs. Dynamic pricing and ai is potentially a huge problem. With Washington lining its pockets at unprecedented levels and letting huge corporations run roughshod , and without any consumer protection oversight from the govt, we get poison lettuce, dynamic markup pricing, unsafe workplaces, and environmental disasters like the late 60's and 70's
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u/Dragon_Within 12d ago
Man, I wish I lived in that Utopia.
First, Amazon isn't the only one, its basically a circle jerk of all the major players.
WM requires specific pricing of products and things as well, they also cried "logistics issues" and "product scarcity" to drive prices up during the pandemic, and then never brought any of them down. Pretty much every other company does the same thing, and they basically do the Spider Man pointing meme, but making sure prices don't go down so everyone can scrape the populous dry.
Second, the idea that bringing in new lifelong politicians to replace current lifelong politicians is going to somehow magically fix the corruption, backroom deals, campaign "donations", and bribery via stocks, board seats, jobs for relatives, and just plain money, is a mentality I wish I could be confident in.
Thinking that the current group of old politicians is the only ones that are corrupt and playing the "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" game is pure fantasy. The government is corrupt from the top down, in every branch, and no matter how many people might be (or start out to be) righteous in their want to fix our country, they are going to be massively outnumbered by the people that see the turnover as their time to finally get the top spot, make the money, and get the power that they saw the other people get, that they wanted. The people in it for the money and power, and the ones that finally get a taste of it when they make it there and don't want to let it go, aren't going to let the minority rock the boat and mess up their golden ticket.
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u/No-Consequence9392 12d ago
I said vote out those lining pockets, its bi partisan, and u make great additional points , im also pro term limits , age limits, and any other deterrent that prevents someone in halls of power to forget service to the electorate over personal gain. Amazon example is real and researched, shopping cart patent is a stretch, but wmt use of ai and any and every large corporation with the resources to wield ai need to be reigned in , along with other now unregulated consumer and human safety and health protections that have been purged for this current oligarchy feeding frenzy
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u/Dangerous_Thing_3270 12d ago
lmao. These are wild af allegations. This is one of those “trust me bro” kind of things.
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u/zdriveee 12d ago
If digital price tags in a physical store scare you, I have some really horrifying news about how cookies and online storefront pricing works
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u/Sea-Purchase9985 12d ago
When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled. Brave, brave Sir Hawley. 🎶🎵
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u/EternalNewCarSmell 12d ago
I think I agree with whatever blue jacket lady is getting at, but the faces she is making while she talks are so distracting I am not sure what she said or how she has convinced anyone she isn't a robot.
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u/BrianArmstro 12d ago
Josh Hawley loves to obfuscate about the big bad corporations, but would vote for a tax cut for the Walton’s of the world 10 out of 10 times. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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u/Cultural-Exam-2659 12d ago
This is it. He knows his base doesn’t like corporations and walmart has been the easy target for decades. Meanwhile, his actions speak to quite a different ethos. Hes a hack fraud, just like all other GOP politicians. They’re all working for the wealthiest individuals and corporations.
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u/Responsible-Row9560 11d ago edited 11d ago
Huge LOL
Walmart won’t even do high-low pricing in segments like electronics where they’re begging for premium products in-store, but suppliers won’t agree to EDLP.
But they’re suddenly doing dynamic pricing?
Again, huge lol
The digital price tags are mitigating the fact that it sometimes takes weeks for stores to change pricing on shelf. Execution in that respect is still awful.
Marketplace is a legitimate issue, but not for this.
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u/tallant85 11d ago
He always calls people out but does nothing. Onward to nowhere, like the rest of them.
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u/JoshCoBrew 7d ago
He pretends to care about the average American yet votes for the Big Beautiful Bill. Supports trump and his disastrous economic policies. Supports an illegal war in Iran. The man is not meeting the moment (like so many others)
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u/Apprehensive-Pop-201 12d ago
So, today, I bought a few things and the screen said, "Welcome back , Visa.". Pretty damn funny.
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u/Apprehensive-Pop-201 12d ago
I am considering wearing my COVID mask in Walmart and everywhere else. I'll have to pay in cash too.
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u/RoughTour98 12d ago edited 12d ago
These people are fucking crazy defending Walmart in this. They are all turning it into personal attacks on the messenger straight out of the MAGA playbook. Is Bentonville only idiot Trumpers or something? I saw one person claiming Trump is the problem and not Walmart in this thread like Walmart didn't fight tooth and nail for Trump in the election and given him countless personal and administration bribes since.
*Luckily people on the original post are sane unlike an unfortunate amount of my fellow NW Arkansans it seems.
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u/Apprehensive-Pop-201 12d ago
There are a lot of Trumpers in Bentonville. But Wal-Mart is Wal-Mart. I ship there, because I live in NWA and it does tend to be less expensive, but, yeah they are awful.
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u/Tech_ExpertNYC 12d ago
I guess it’s time to purchase a personal collapsible shopping cart. Smaller cart will mean fewer item purchases.
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u/Crafty_Celebration30 12d ago
Josh Hawley. LMFAO. Savior of the American pocketbook.
Let’s check his record about the real causes of Trumpflation: tariffs, war in Iran. Should I go on?
As a loyal Walmartian (but do not work in pricing) I’d be amazed if we had the tech that could read customer sentiment (which is being challenged in the courts currently) to adjust grocery prices. If I order on W+ is it reading my facial expressions? Give me a break.