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Where I live, we don't yet have those cards. I despise the idea of them and hate getting caught out by them (I'm looking at you Tesco and Lidl).

Normal price for something - 0.49 (in stores without these cards) But in their store it's only that price with their 'club card' or 'plus membership'.

Otherwise it's 1.59

There are loads of other items with high markups.

BUT - the marked price is the normal store price to the inexperienced shopper of these data collecting stores, with the blind spot being the need to have a store card to get the 'discount'. My full shop was an extra 103.46 altogether between the two stores (51.22 in one 52.24 in the other) rushing to get christmas dinner and dining and extras. Should be banned. /rant

The government doing a sick job of protecting consumers. /s

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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 1 week ago

Thats pretty much what I mean - if you dont care then thats your problem. However, im trying to explain why other people dont like these cards and why its unethical for shops to offer them.

Its not merely your name and email. They would know your address, age, family situation, and which common maladies you suffer from like high cholesterol, headaches, diabetes, and so on. But thats just the information they collect directly at colesworth. They can exchange thus data with everyone else, and match up your visa card. So anything you buy anywhere really becomes part of the extensive profile they have.

You might not care about all that, after all... what difference does it make to you what ads you get shown or what a shop might think you might want to buy.

However, I just feel like thats none of their business. I shouldn't have to provide this wealth of information in addition to fair price for the goods I wish to purchase.