Comment on Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America
jaykrown@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This should absolutely be illegal. Not to mention how the prices don’t include taxes, you don’t know the real price you pay until you’re already at the checkout which is horseshit. It’s no wonder that online shopping has become much more popular.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Ironically, these “digital labels”, although problematic in their own right, could help with that.
Currently if the store employees have missed a price change on a product, it might actually cost more than the sign says
It would be pretty to easy to make those include tax IF these digital labels know which store they’re in.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
They’d never do 2 because they like having the fake lower price listed so people are more likely to buy it.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
… Yeah, you’re probably right.
I’m just used to living in a country where VAT is included in prices in stores anyway
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I remember the culture shock of owing more than was listed on the price when coming back to the States.