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Re:Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced mo... by bluGill on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @12:19PM (#36228927)
There are retailers where every week they rearrange the shelves putting the things from the back shelf at "regular price" in front with big on sale signs, and the things that were on sale last week on the back shelves for regular price. They will allow you to buy the things from the back shelves at regular price, but they are trying to sell the things on the front self for half the price.
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Re:Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced mo... by Retric on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @02:46PM (#36231524)
Yea, and some mark up prices on specific days of the week so they can have regular sales when people are actually shopping.

So yes companies will come up with crazy workarounds for such regulations, but the point is such things cost shelf space and worker effort which helps maintain some sanity in the marketplace. Because eventually some company will figure they can save quite a bit of effort and have ‘everyday low prices’ while maintaining better margins.

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