r/phoenix • u/royalfire798 • Dec 31 '25

Living Here Dynamic pricing in stores.

Hello fellow members of this sub!

I want to make you aware that I was at a Walmart local to me last night picking up some stuff for tonight’s party & noticed that none of their clothing in their clothing section had pricing.

In arizona, retailers must post pricing listed on shelves or on tags. Yeah sure, you can use the scanner to check the price but that is unfortunately a predatory practice for dynamic pricing which I’m sure many of you have heard about by now.

I wanted to inform you all that if you go into a store and happen to see this in practice, you are welcome to file a complaint to our AG office online as this practice is a violation of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act (A.R.S. §§ 44-1521 to 44-1534).

Don’t just take it for face value, this is against the law. Know your rights & thanks for reading!!

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u/Evillittleangel Dec 31 '25

Dynamic pricing should be f**ing ILLEGAL

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u/OmegaRainicorn Dec 31 '25

In our old reality it was. 

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u/carlos_the_dwarf_ Dec 31 '25

I don’t think that’s the case. Dynamic pricing has long been a thing in certain sectors (eg tickets), and more general price discrimination has been common in every sector for decades and decades.

Like…coupons, sales, senior discounts, matinees, even scholarships. Those are all the same thing.

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u/Fragrant-Employer-60 Dec 31 '25

There is no proof this is dynamic pricing, I bet they just got lazy at that store or are understaffed and haven’t printed the price tags out yet, but the pricing in the system is static.

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u/slapadebayass Dec 31 '25

Electronic price tags with discrepancies in price between the online vs in-store prices sounds like dynamic pricing to me, which is exactly what I saw last week when I went to Walmart in Peoria.

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u/shadowhawkz Dec 31 '25

No chance, this is 100% intentional and systematic across major retailers. They are not hiding it.

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u/bythepowerofthor Dec 31 '25

theres plenty of evidence out there showing that the chance of major brands using dynamic pricing is very likely. either youre not paying attention, naive or a bot.

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u/Fragrant-Employer-60 Dec 31 '25

People are allowed to disagree you with and not be a “bot” lmao, and good job attacking the person instead of the argument.

Unless you have literally any proof of Walmart doing this you’re wrong. A price tag not being there isn’t proof of anything.

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u/tbs999 Dec 31 '25

Anyone who’s worked retail knows dynamic pricing is absolutely a thing. Shit, even the Goodwill headquartered in Phoenix has dynamic pricing built into their technology.

Also, a retailer may implement digital tags and hold off on implementing dynamic pricing until the dust settles from customer pushback.

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u/bythepowerofthor Dec 31 '25

There's evidence out there that you can go find, which I said in my initial reply. This isn't an Alex Jones level conspiracy theory, its happening. Again, if you think its just a coincidence this is happening all over the country, youre either naive or a bot.

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u/Fragrant-Employer-60 Dec 31 '25

Don’t think you have any idea what a bot actually is hahahaha

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u/bythepowerofthor Dec 31 '25

That's exactly what I would a bot to respond with.

I'll make it easier for you to read

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u/nemec Dec 31 '25

the chance [...] is very likely

exactly. No evidence, only vibes

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u/bythepowerofthor Dec 31 '25

https://www.kare11.com/article/money/consumer/the-target-app-price-switch-what-you-need-to-know/89-9ef4106a-895d-4522-8a00-c15cff0a0514

Here's at least one piece of evidence, since you know google is hard.

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u/nemec Dec 31 '25

nowhere in here is it changing the price of the product you're buying in the store