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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by goodpoint on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:57PM (#30089045)
> Haggling is price discovery

True, but the discovery is made necessary by artificial opacity.

It does not benefit society as a whole and that's why shops are legally required to have transparent pricing in most countries.

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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by goodpoint on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:37PM (#30092283)
...furthermore, it's heavily discriminatory.
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