InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoRetailers are replacing price stickers in aisles with electronic shelf labels. The labels prices can change as often as every 10 seconds. Hot outside? They can raise the price of water & ice cream.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11 cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgbusiness@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkRetailers are replacing price stickers in aisles with electronic shelf labels. The labels prices can change as often as every 10 seconds. Hot outside? They can raise the price of water & ice cream.www.npr.orgInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square42fedilink cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgbusiness@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agothis is a core tenet of liberal ideology, even though it short circuits them as consumers who know what it feels like to be cheated: if you believe in capitalism you believe in prices being at the caprice of the seller
this is a core tenet of liberal ideology, even though it short circuits them as consumers who know what it feels like to be cheated: if you believe in capitalism you believe in prices being at the caprice of the seller