Call your house representatives, have them legislate on and forbid this practice, be explicit about not voting for them if they don’t make it part of their platform.
Dynamic pricing
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Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
My representatives are already trying to prevent me from voting. Any other ideas?
Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Start volunteering for the person running against them!
Gork@lemm.ee 8 months ago
We’ll each need our own personal mentat to figure out how much lunch will cost soon.
ogler@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
they’re not really doing this, are they? i assumed it was a clickbait outrage farm concept that would never see the light of day
hark@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They tried to walk it back by claiming “we’d only be doing this to reduce prices” which clearly shows they want to do it but are trying to introduce it in a way to minimize outcry if they can.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes they are.
They started with digital price tags stating it would “save the customer money” which is absolute bullshit. Adding a new tech-laden system to quickly adjust pricing isn’t saving anyone money, it’s a way to make more money.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
These things can save the store mone in the long run, but if I ever have the price change between picking an item up and checkout that’s an instant manager lecture and walkout.
1050053@lemmy.world 8 months ago
about a Twofir
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Just refuse to go anywhere that does dynamic pricing (if possible.) Steal from places that do it (if possible.)
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 8 months ago
Everywhere is going to do it…
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean, it kind of already exists a lot of places. Look at places that have had lunch menus vs dinner menus for fifty years.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You know the ducks in the park are free, you can just take them home.
grue@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, because boycotts are well known to be super-effective and are definitely a great replacement for consumer-protection legislation.
CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 8 months ago
No it’s obviously no replacement for proper legislation. However in the meantime it is a step you can take in the right direction as an individual. When Wendy’s started throwing around this bullshit I stopped going. Do they care? No probably not. But I know I’m trying
r00ty@kbin.life 8 months ago
It should be protected against. But, you know if a business changes to dynamic pricing and their next quarterly numbers shows that the vast majority of people didn't swallow it, and revenue is hugely down, they would undo it in a second.
The fact is, though. They know enough people WILL let them them get away with it. From their point of view, why would they turn down free money?
shalafi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Seems to be working, see all the news about fast food places lowering their prices because profits are down.
aniki@lemmings.world 8 months ago
My personal boycotts are stupid effective as I haven’t given HP or McDonalds or a whole lot of cunts any money in decades.
marcos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Why do you care if the place you don’t go does something you don’t like?
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Are happy hours and lunch specials not dynamic pricing? It’s just a different way of framing it as a discount rather than surge price, but it’s basically the same idea as far as I’m concerned. I’m happy to vote with my wallet on this, if Wendy’s decides they want dynamic prices then I’ll just go elsewhere. Fast food certainly isn’t an essential.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
It is known in advance which item is in special and at what price during a determined period of time.
With dynamic pricing, the price could change between you choosing what you want and actually order, without any notice.
This is two different beasts.
greenskye@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Not familiar with the implementation, so maybe this is incorrect, but does Wendy’s tell you when you’re paying more or less? If so, my primary issue would be transparency. I know to show up for happy hour or lunch and I know what the prices will be.
I don’t want to have to memorize the prices because they quietly bump up everything on the menu by $0.50 at peak meal times everyday for an hour and don’t indicate that anywhere.
qarbone@lemmy.world 8 months ago
As the other guy said, lunch specials aren’t dynamic insofar as any pricing can be dynamic when the restaurant just changes prices willy-nilly. Which is what surge pricing is.
Lunch specials are a separate, generally static part of the menu. Like how using a coupon isn’t considered dynamic pricing for the times when you have a coupon on you.
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Lunch menus everywhere I’ve gone give smaller portions vs. the dinner menu to justify the lottery price. If love some lunch portions (and prices) fire dinner as an option.
Happy hour is a good analogy though, except that they publish the prices and times 24/7 so it’s not a surprise like surge pricing is turning into.
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 8 months ago
But how can I do the B if I cannot do the A
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
B is for people who live where there’s no alternative, like small towns where Walmart undercut every other business and is now the only game in town. If you live in a place like that, steal from Walmart. If you live in a place where you have one store doing dynamic pricing and another that isn’t, go to the place that isn’t doing it.
Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Hit the trucksbon the highway
AA5B@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So, no traveling? Airlines are well known for already doing this.
No more online shopping? All online shopping has at least the potential, plus you’d never really know