Web Scraping Finds Price Fluctuation

Re:Web Scraping Finds Price Fluctuation by notatoad on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:46PM (#11074936)

I believe the US has protections against deceptive pricing like that too, but i don't think any of these companies or practices described in the article would be in violation of it.

The law you're referencing is a protection against raising the price before a sale so you can advertise the sale price as x% off the inflated price instead of the store's regular price. Most e-shopping sites advertise a discount relative to MSRP, not relative to any price they've previously charged, which leaves them free to raise or lower the prices as they want.

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Re:Web Scraping Finds Price Fluctuation by jpambrun on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @02:20PM (#11075238)

I'm fairly certain that established case law requires the retailer to have actually offered the item at the listed reference price for a reasonable amount of time before the sale. Using the (usually inflated) MSRP as reference is in contravention of art. 225.

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