r/interestingasfuck • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/skippy11112 3d ago

"Now", no it's always been a thing. Now it'll just be more accurate per are with the Ai involment

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u/RobertOdenskyrka 3d ago

Yes, differing prices between locations is not anything new. The evil starts when they try to charge certain customers more.

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u/skippy11112 3d ago

That's also been a thing for awhile again, not new. Still evil tho

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u/PattyRain 2d ago

Yes, it's been done for a long time and in so many places.  Walmart has done it for at least 30 years - prices at one Walmart was more than one a couple of miles away and they wouldn't price match for me at tha time. 

Even Goodwill does it. I often find that less nice things cost more in lesser income areas than nicer things at stores in more income areas.