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Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by lostmsu on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:39AM (#27768764)
The key is that Wallmart does not prohibit your product from listing its wholesale price on the label. A clause like that should be illegal.
Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by simondotau on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:03AM (#27768859)
> Wallmart does not prohibit your product from listing its wholesale price on the label.

Are you sure that they don't? I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Walmart does have clear policies around prices of any kind being printed on packaging. And it wouldn't be a stretch to assume that if they have a policy, it would disallow printing of any price which is less than the highest price Walmart intend to charge at retail.

Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by lostmsu on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:30AM (#27770599)
Unless you can show such a policy, it is reasonable to assume it does not exist. I surely have no way to prove otherwise short of finding complete list of all policies. A good indication is that neither of us heard about it so far.
Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by simondotau on Thursday July 08, 2021 @09:50AM (#27771913)
If we have no evidence, it is not "reasonable to assume" anything.

Meanwhile, I'm merely saying that it wouldn't surprise me if such a policy exists, whether formally or informally. The distinct lack of any product on Walmart shelves which has a below-RRP price printed on its packaging is strong circumstantial evidence at the very least.

Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by lostmsu on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:51PM (#27774628)
It is reasonable due to the Occam Razor.

The fact that you mentioned is an extremely weak evidence in the light of very thin margins Walmart has (under 3%), which is more than 10 times less than the old store tax, with probably even smaller incentive to combat.

Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by thaumasiotes on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:50AM (#27768810)
Listing wholesale prices on the product is vanishingly rare, possibly nonexistent. I wouldn't be surprised if it infuriated retailers to the point that they refused to stock your product.

Printing MSRP on the product happens all the time. Arizona Iced Tea is a prominent example.

Re:More than 30 states sue Google over 'extravagant' fees in... by lostmsu on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:26AM (#27770573)
Rarity of example os irrelevant. Producers have no need for that, because IRL stores generally do not have 50% markup on mass produce.