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Re:31.2˝ Color EPaper Display by schuyler2d on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:26PM (#26174297)
wouldn't this encourage people to buy fewer items?

But customers are so used to confusing pricing labels you could just make the old (cheaper) price say: "Discount: $x".

Also if you hook up the change to motion detectors where you know no one is in the aisle, then you can skip it altogether.

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Re:31.2˝ Color EPaper Display by qiqitori on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:17AM (#26176181)
Could maybe be solved by adding some more technology (e.g. a barcode) that allows them to reserve the item at the current price, plus maybe some other kind of incentive.
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