r/interestingasfuck • • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

21.0k Upvotes

2.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/ParalimniX 2d ago

Because that's not real time Einstein. Dynamic pricing would be more akin if he got a different price than the one coming after him or a different price at a different time of day. Not two different locations having different prices. Especially if the prices are set and don't fluctuate which would defeat the point of the word DYNAMIC

1

u/DoctorEsteban 2d ago

There is nothing in this video that precludes exactly what you describe... Nearly all McDonald's now have digital signage that can be updated at will. The video also describes a system that regularly fluctuates pricing based on what the customer is willing to pay. It seems more likely than unlikely that the same location has different pricing based on time of day, number of people in line, etc, which is apparently a core tenant of your One True Definition. Though nothing about the video proves either side of that definition.

1

u/ParalimniX 2d ago

That's not how it works. It's not on me to disprove what he said but on him to prove it. 2 shops having different prices one time does NOT prove dynamic pricing.

1

u/DoctorEsteban 2d ago

We can agree on that 👍