Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoDynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarketwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down17
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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoHaggling might be fine but they have to honor price tags. If I’m in a grocery store and I see $1.00 they can’t change it and try to charge me $1.10, and when I object and say it was $1.00 it shows $1.10 now.
minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWell… In Germany apparently they can. The price tag is not binding, it is a mere price suggestion. The final price is the one when you actually buy it at the checkout.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThis is why american taxes had me confused when over there… it says $1.00 on the pricetag, so how can they tell me a different price at the register??
Haggling might be fine but they have to honor price tags.
If I’m in a grocery store and I see $1.00 they can’t change it and try to charge me $1.10, and when I object and say it was $1.00 it shows $1.10 now.
Well… In Germany apparently they can.
The price tag is not binding, it is a mere price suggestion. The final price is the one when you actually buy it at the checkout.
This is why american taxes had me confused when over there… it says $1.00 on the pricetag, so how can they tell me a different price at the register??