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“This legislation is actually pretty simple: If two people are in the same store buying the same item, they should pay the same price,” Washington State Representative Mary Fosse said in an emailed statement.
Great, but there's one small mistake in here. Why only physical retail? The problem is even worse online
So something weird happened to me twice recently at a grocery store.
Firstly. It's a local mid level grocery store in a medium sized city (we have 3 Walmarts, for scale).
I don't go there often because it's more expensive than other grocery stores. But it's also the closest one to me. And huge. So they do have everything. But it's not like a fancy gourmet grocery store that offers wine samples or anything.
Anywho.
I went there and bought like 4 things.
It was easy to remember how much each item was since I only bought 4 things.
When I went to do self checkout , 3 of those items ran up 50 cents to 1 dollar cheaper than the price tag.
I don't use a saver card or anything.
The 4th item happened to be a deli item. It was the price it had on it. Cause those literally have a sticker on them.
I thought. Weird how 3 items ran up the wrong price.
I go back 2 weeks later. Same exact thing happens. Different items. Everything except the two deli items I bought were pricing at 50 cents or 1$ cheaper than listed. I paid extra attention this time because of the last experience.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm paranoid. Seeing manipulation where there is none.
But this can't just be a coincidence.
I don't go there often.
I use the self checkout.
Is it using facial recognition to see I'm a "new" customer. And charging me less so I feel like my bill is lower than expected so I will return ,?
Am I taking crazy pills ?
Someone tell me I'm wrong and that theory is absurd.
They may be scamming everyone with the same increases hoping customers won't complain or notice that.
In theory, this can also happen if prices are changed during the day - perhaps according to the time of the day, and that change just happens between you putting the article into your chart. Unless every customer has a device that tracks the price of each item until he/she pays, such mismatches (or "race conditions", that's the technical name in software development) will be difficult to avoid.
But to me, also something weird happened. I was watching a corner with small kitchen stuff (things like knives, cooking cutlery), and there was a TV screen with advertising in it. I took one of these items (out of perhaps 100 items) into my hand and it started to play advertising about that item. Freaked me out.
Shoulda screamed, dropped / thrown the item and run out of the store.
Teach them being creepy gets them nothing
If I pick up a can of beans for 1.50 and its 5.00 at the counter I'll just fucking walk out. Have fun reshelving your precious can of bullshit, I'll go to the other store that charges 2.50 and doesn't try to be fucking clever
If I go shopping and I encounter this then I would just start photographing all prices as I place the item in the cart. If any change before I have completed my checkout the items will immediately be on their floor. Don't bait and switch me.
Ah, that’s not gonna be necessary. Someone will vibe code an app to do it… and wait till you hear about their premium plan!
“Dems” want to do a lot of things.
killing and standing up to fascist orange fucks isn't on of those
If only they wanted this as much as they want to send more bombs to Israel.
You really should read this.
Suadi Arabia receives more than double the amount of arms than Israel, wtf
This is a cartoon country
Dems bad!
At this point everyone is bad. People need to come to grips with the fact that republicans actively want to harm you. Democrats have no spine and only do things that won't threaten their position in the status quo.
People need to realize in a two party system there's a very large chance that neither party has your best interest at heart.
We need a whole new system. Which is exactly why both parties are protecting the status quo. They know if a guy like Mamdani were to actually be able to run for president, both parties would look like shit by comparison. Both parties would lose their place, and that void would allow for a new 4th, and 5th party to emerge. And neither side wants that, but the citizens would benefit greatly.
It's hard to actually be good at your job, when your job is representing the people.
Let's vote for Republicans! Show them dems how their left wing agenda won't work on us
Found the typical voter in the 2024 election!