[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I guess? I always just assume that's what's going on all the time. But there's also people that are going to be massively hyperbolic like yourself too, which I also assume is going on all the time. Everyone is just trying to get money.

Also I wouldn't call this software sophisticated at all, its pretty rudimentary. It's just comparing numbers and adjusting them by an offset. They also stopped using it, I assume because it wasn't sophisticated enough to account for the myriad of market forces at play.

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, market pricing is reactionary. Other sellers might also see increased sales when Amazon raises prices.

Probably why Amazon stopped using this pricing model.

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

How's the display worse?

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, you're doing capitalism just like Amazon and everyone else. And if you don't want to do it personally feel free to write a script to do it just like Amazon

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

It's literally anyone's business model in a capitalistic market, it's hilarious that people are shocked and offended

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think you understand what price fixing is. Adjusting prices to market competition is not price fixing. This same concept can also lower prices if another vendor is selling the same item for less.

For instance, Amazon frequently will lower prices to match chewy and Walmart

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Most people don't know how retail pricing works, so when they read an article like this, they're shocked and offended

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

How is saying they just assumed they weren't trans an anti-LGBTQ statement?

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is the way

[-] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

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