And it’s very well known, yet somehow people continue to fall for it.
Comment on Artificial price increase so that you can post “discounts” on Prime Day
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They do this on Black Friday and Boxing Day sales too, it’s nothing new.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A tale as old as time.
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We have a local gas station that’ll do this sort of shit too. Like, on the 20th or 21st of every month, they’ll give a 30 cent discount on gasoline, but somehow most people don’t even notice that they conveniently raised the price by 30 cents the day before…
So the universe remains stable, and the people are getting fucked, as usual. ☹️
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 months ago
Some people want it. I worked in retail at a place that advertised “every day low prices.” This meant that if an item was marked as such, it was never going to go on sale. Very often it was the cheapest you could find the item anywhere.
I had people put the item in their cart, ask me if it was on sale, I told them the above, and they put it back. Nearly every time.
Hell JC Penny almost went bankrupt when they stopped deceptive pricing.
People are stupid.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Lul I was talking about jcpenny with my fiancee a couple weeks back. It’s sorta sad and hilarious to see people just willing to spend extra overall because of these tactics.