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Re:The High-Speed Trading Behind an Amazon Purchase by im3w1l on Sunday March 26, 2017 @08:17PM (#13964200)
That's what you'd think. But with Best Price Just For You!™ technology, you don't actually get the price on the shelf. You get the lowest listed price in the last hour. If the price is raised you Keep Your Locked In Price™. If the price is lowered you get the new better price!
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Re:The High-Speed Trading Behind an Amazon Purchase by ptero on Sunday March 26, 2017 @09:32PM (#13964476)
IIRC one of the US grocers (stop and shop or Kroger?) actually tried that as an ad for their store card: "you do not even know how much you will pay for many products, but it will be a lower price". Needless to say this didn't run for a long time.
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Re:The High-Speed Trading Behind an Amazon Purchase by bendbro on Sunday March 26, 2017 @08:54PM (#13964329)
You mock, but I'm sure hundreds of hours have been spending crafting that corporate grocer speak!
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