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account42 • today at 9:06 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> You can't put an item in the store on the shelf and charge every customer what you like. You have to put up a price and adhere to that price regardless of who wants to buy. Anything else is illegal. Or at least should be.

It should be but unfortunately I don't think it is. The main reason store prices are the same for everyone is because it wasn't practical to individualize them without making it clear to purchasers that they are getting screwed. Still, store membership programs / value cards are one way this is being done in a limited way. And some stores are already switching to digital price labels which can be updated instantly so this is going to get a whole lot worse.


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scotty79 • today at 12:26 PM

In Poland its a law for physical stores. If you put out a product for sale you must label it with a price. And the product and the price constitute a sell offer. Buyer can accept your offer and then you have to give him the product for exactly that amount of money. Anything else is illegal. If you made a mistake in the price, that's the cost of your mistake.