Oh yeah, that's the problem... All the companies falling over themselves to give out extra discounts to consumers.
“Why is the government stopping us from charging our customers LESS??”
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2026
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I think most of us understand economics well enough to see that there's no difference between a selective discount and a selective price hike.
I think they misunderstand what people are complaining about.
People don't want discounts for one person while another gets overcharged. It's a good thing if it threatens discounts. Everyone wants to pay the same price for the same thing.
Discounts can be annoying even when they're "fair"
It's annoying when something was discounted yesterday, and now you have to pay more. Or when you just bought something last week, but now you could have saved a bunch because it's some arbitrary special day. Temporary discounts of any kind are inherently unfair and manipulative.
Tip: Some stores, realiizing if you can return a product and re-buy it at the current discounted price, will retroactively price match themselves within the return window.
LOL, OH NOOOOOO. "Let us absolutely rape your wallet, or else..."
Your “discounts” are being subsidized by someone else’s over charges.
What ever happened to charging enough to cover your overhead and have middle class life?
God they're so transparent.
"But the discounts we want to give our customers!!!"
April 26th 1992...
It's not a threat, it's protection money
Kill it with fire.
I have already pre-boycotted digital pricetags in brick and mortar stores. I will just drop all my shit and leave. You will not get my money if you're changing the prices on customers like that.
If this isn't the most ridiculous thing ever. Surveillance pricing is effectively a price fixing event across all industry. Old America wanted healthy competition to best serve citizens. Me, I thought old America was bad for its citizens.