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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That’s exactly what this is. All stores will eventually do this and prices will fluctuate throughout the day.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

isn't it pretty much what amazon's been doing since the beginning? the difference being there's no "app" like camel yet to track prices over time at a single store

but yea, still another reason not to go to walmart. how do they mitigate the problem of something being $X when you put it in your cart, and the price being X+whatever by the time you get through the 2 mile long line at one of the 2 open registers?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

seems like great time to cap how often prices can be changed and force them to show price history

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Paper ticket stores already do this, its just a more work for the workers than e-ink.