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Re:DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Har... by pixl97 on Monday August 26, 2024 @04:58PM (#41362090)
Price matching was something that really worked in the past, again in the days before mass digitization and cheap storage/printing. Add in there are only a few major retailers left, it becomes easy to make a product for each of them.

CostCow will have product 0ICU812a

WalWart will have product 0ICU812b

Then they don't have to actually price match because they are "different products"

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Re:DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Har... by codedokode on Monday August 26, 2024 @05:38PM (#41362489)
Online stores seem to match prices; when I google for some electronic equipment (like headphones or MIDI controllers), many stores have almost equal prices for the same item. Of course there is a chance that all they are owned by the same entity, but it is not very plausible.
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Re:DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Har... by willcipriano on Monday August 26, 2024 @06:03PM (#41362680)
That's probably the MSRP for the item. (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/manufacturers-suggested...)
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