Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
@randahl nope, never heard of this. That's the weirdest thing I've ever heard.
Are the prices in that particular shop very high either way? It's basically a 10 000% markup on any type of clothing anyways.
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
Nope. (In France)
They will try to get as much info as possible out of you at the register though.
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@randahl Never seen anything like it. If I saw anything like this it would also be the very last time I’d ever set foot in said store.
@xerge that is what I thought… until many shops started doing this — then it got really hard to get around it.
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@xconde respect!
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One commenter wrote that such practice is not in the US yet, but it most definitely is. It’s typically called the member price and the nonmember price. The difference is typically 10-20%. There can be other differences, too. If a product is in high demand, members might have a higher limit on the number they can buy. You become a member by obtaining a loyalty card, which usually requires your name, address (so they can send you junk mail), phone number (which can stand in for your membership number so you don’t always have to have your card on you), and an email address (so they can send you junk email). I positively hated that system, and I’m sorry to report that it’s in Ukraine, too.
@djembro we really need a right not to be monitored.
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@randahl So what brought you to Sport24 my good friend?
I once needed a gym bag. Went to Sport24, and there was a nice bag for 400kr. On the inside, there was an old tag from a previous sale/discount at 180kr.
I didn’t remove anything. I just made the old tag more visible/prominent and the new/more expensive one more inside the bag.
Still not a member.
@teotwaki I was looking for a light windbreaker.
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
@randahl I have never heard of anything that drastic, is that even legal?
In Germany, grocery stores like LIDL are providing discounts if one is using their mobile applications which (if they are smart) are bound to mobile phone numbers (which, in turn, cannot be acquired without identification). Apparently, that's what one's personal privacy is worth: 11 cents off of dairy products.
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@randahl
Nope, nothing like that in Germany, as far as I can tell -
@randahl Do you have any articles (Danish is fine) about this?
Would love to reference when sending a letter to MP in Canada regarding the idea of regulation around dynamic pricing (which is currently being discussed).Buying bread, should not require knowing who I am
@leroy actually I have neither written nor read any articles on this topic. It did not exist 5 years ago, but I see it more and more, so there will probably be a debate on this.
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
What I often see these days, both online and in high street shops, is that you can buy certain items at a discount with a so-called membership. There are websites (Casio Watches, for example) that won’t sell a product unless you take a membership. You see this happening in other sectors too, such as pizza chains. No membership, no deal. The fact that a shop decides whether you’re allowed to buy something is pure gaslighting, and I wonder if it’s even legal in the EU.
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
@randahl we have a grocery store that does things like this
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
@randahl crazy. So, people should not buy anything until this stops?
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Today I was in a sportswear shop in Denmark, where all items had two prices:
— A normal price which came with the requirement that you registered with them, so they can data mine your purchases.
— An almost 100 percent higher price which was offered to anyone who did not want to have their data mined.
I truly loathe this, but it is becoming more and more common in large retail chains in my country. Are you seeing this in your country as well?
@randahl Not here in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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@teotwaki I was looking for a light windbreaker.
