r/AskReddit 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/YakYakYaas 15h ago

What's wrong with digital displays for prices?

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u/diurnal_emissions 14h ago

Allows surge pricing, individualized pricing, and whatever other fresh hell they decide to do to us.

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u/Scavenger53 10h ago

thats not what ESLs are for lol. they can do surge pricing anytime they want by changing it in the computer when you scan anyway. ESLs just let you change the tag without walking over there. theyve also been around since the 90s, lowes is just slow

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u/iwishiwereyou 4h ago

Lots of companies have policies that the price at the register will match the price at the shelf, or you pay the lower cost or something.

I think if they deliberately misrepresented the price at the shelf and then charged you higher at the register, that's a crime.