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Ban on ‘surveillance pricing’ could threaten discounts, retailers warn (www.thestar.com)

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In its long-awaited artificial intelligence strategy released Thursday, the Carney government said it will “strengthen its privacy laws to ensure that Canadians’ personal information is not used inappropriately, including for surveillance pricing.” Government officials did not give further details or clarify when asked if that will be an outright ban on the practice.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, don't threaten me with a good time.

What I want is predictable pricing, not "ten percent off Tuesday, except the third Tuesday of the month..." and all the other BOGO crap where the discount is the real price at other stores and they just gouge you (90 to 100% in the case of BOGOs) the rest of the time.

You don't want to give discounts? Don't give discounts. We'll be comparing your prices to the competition. Discounts and sales and coupons are just a way to make price comparison harder for the consumers.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

At Target you can ~10% off when you buy a retail product online for pickup. -You can't place an online order (even for pickup) without entering all of your contact and billing details...

I know it's technically not surveillance pricing, but it's still incredibly scummy.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 13 points 2 weeks ago

Target has been pissing me off for years with their "you can't have your laundry detergent for normal, not double jacked up, price unless you buy $50 in other cleaning supplies at the same time" games. Coupled with their "we aren't giving you a cash discount, we're giving you back some of what you just paid us as store credit cards, good luck not losing them..." I started, and the cashiers patiently obliged, dividing my orders to start with what gave me the store cards, then paying for the 2nd part of my order with the store cards from the first part.