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[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago

Before going to the store to pick up some menstrual products for my partner, I shave and put on a full face of makeup so the cameras read me as female and don't give me the "clueless man" price gouge.

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago

Imagine walking up to the products and watching the price go up. This will probably end in a lawsuit. Grab a product at x price and when you scan it it's y price. They can justify that in court, I don't care how business friendly the system is it's going to be struck down.

[-] ryepunk@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago

Well let's be clear about the tech they use. It's too slow to dynamically change based on who is shopping. The labels typically use eReader type displays which only update periodically for price updates. Need a 2450 cell battery that can last about 6 months with a single price change a week. Changing the prices more often drastically drains the battery life. And they require constant vigilance to make sure they haven't just randomly turned themselves off (seriously sometimes they randomly forget what price they should be showing).

I guess what I'm saying is if you want to ruin one of these stores those labels are expensive as fuck so bring a small jewelry kits and destroy as many as you can to fucking ruin a stores bottom line because no way in hell head office will approve sending out another thousand labels so they'll be forced to go back to paper labels.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago

They definitely have insurance and also you'll wind up in jail, so this seems like bad advice

[-] ryepunk@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Like with all theft and commerical sabotage don't get caught.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Probably end in a lawsuit

I fucking dare them to change the price on me when I'm at the store in my wheelchair lmao easiest $200k I'll ever make.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Grab a product at x price and when you scan it it’s y price.

In Poland it's often a thing already with printed tags.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

There's definitely a limit with how hard big corps can fuck people on pricing. Even whole foods/amazon got in trouble for incorrectly weighing and overcharging people for prepared foods.

[-] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Kraft in Canada wants $6.50 for a box of their vegan mac & cheese.

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Grab a product at x price and when you scan it it's y price. They can justify that in court, I don't care how business friendly the system is it's going to be struck down.

Imagine being a customer service worker dealing with this shit, people already lose their fucking minds if "the price is wrong" even if they just read the wrong fuckin sign

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

I don't know ma'am, I just work here... thinking about no longer working here tho

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