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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

electronic price tags are pretty common in German supermarkets already.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Same in the Netherlands. They are pretty much the default really. And while theoretically they can be used for surge pricing, they aren't. First, that's a great way to lose all trust your customers have in you and make them go to a different store. Second, I'm pretty sure that's illegal.

On the plus side for you Americans and Canadians, maybe you can finally get rid of that habit of showing product prices excluding tax. There's no compelling reason for maintaining that if updating your pricetags is a matter of seconds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Not showing the price with taxes is to make you think the price is lower so that you purchase it. It has nothing to do with speed of changing the tags.

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