• FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Even for commonly sold items this practice is harmful to the consumer:

    • difficult to prove someone wrong, even if their price is higher than usual
    • easy to hide a higher price (“well, the local markets we shop at…”)
    • if the price isn’t higher than usual, why hide it behind this

    Information asymmetry shifts the power in any economic activities, and should never be encouraged.

    • And009@lemmynsfw.com
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      10 months ago

      Ah, now that’s a straight up scam. Market price should directly mean the price ‘printed’ on it or the retail price. Anything else needs to be mentioned explicitly