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5. A can of peaches is $3 before lunch. Then it is $4 after lunch. n/t

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Walmart to replace paper price tags with digital screens - Video News Report [View all] Jacson6 Jun 2024 OP

I think Kohl's has similar digital screens in some of their stores. Probatim Jun 2024 #1

Every Kohl's I've Been To ProfessorGAC Jun 2024 #13

Since the prices the register rings up are what's in their database intrepidity Jun 2024 #2

A can of peaches is $3 before lunch. Then it is $4 after lunch. n/t Jacson6 Jun 2024 #5

But that can happen now, can't it? intrepidity Jun 2024 #8

Much harder to send a clerk running through the aisles than to program a price hike. erronis Jun 2024 #11

Actually it changes just before lunch, right when you get hungry. Angleae Jun 2024 #9

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But is that really a thing? intrepidity Jun 2024 #19

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They are required to honor the price on the tag Mosby Jun 2024 #26

Only Publix will give you an item for free if tag says different than it rang up. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #31

Expect the prices to rise storewide dweller Jun 2024 #3

They save money Johnny2X2X Jun 2024 #4

Exactly. I'd guess these are as accessible as the paper tags underpants Jun 2024 #7

It's part of the "surveillance pricing" - the stores can know what your're interested in erronis Jun 2024 #12

So, like, the minute you touch the item, the price jumps? intrepidity Jun 2024 #20

And if the price changes dweller Jun 2024 #21

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Actually I'm adept at pricing at Wally World dweller Jun 2024 #39

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Long article by Cory Doctorow on this (and other types of surveillance) erronis Jun 2024 #24

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Thank you for that link intrepidity Jun 2024 #42

That's funny. I highly doubt that's how it works. Where's all the workers who'd have to watch every person jimfields33 Jun 2024 #32

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Thank God. That'd be ridiculous jimfields33 Jun 2024 #40

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They make more money AND it makes Biden's "inflation" numbers look bad. Again billionaires bending the election to.... usaf-vet Jun 2024 #22

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Absolutey-Fing-Correct. usaf-vet Jun 2024 #30

I think that's because the grocery is where most people's disposable income goes questionseverything Jun 2024 #33

They are a cost savings Zeitghost Jun 2024 #28

The big savings will be in Go-Backs FreeForm73 Jun 2024 #6

I've Seen That ProfessorGAC Jun 2024 #15

Gads, remember when store clerks used price stampers Wednesdays Jun 2024 #10

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They are called price guns and are still used a lot. Mosby Jun 2024 #29

What I'm talking about predated the "price gun" Wednesdays Jun 2024 #35

I don't even have to click that link and I can hear the sound it makes intrepidity Jun 2024 #43

I lasted a little over a month doing that as a temp job. hunter Jun 2024 #46

This is all about surge pricing. marble falls Jun 2024 #27

They'll stop NanaCat Jun 2024 #34

Our supermarket had them for about a year. hunter Jun 2024 #47

Less paper, less manpower needed to print/change that paper. tinrobot Jun 2024 #44

My ShopRite stores do that, it saves having to print and replace price stickers. TheBlackAdder Jun 2024 #45

The people replacing the shelf tags tend to be the higher paid ones Trekologer Jun 2024 #48