r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Cyberspace_Sorcerer • 3d ago

I just want to know the price...

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I had to go and scan it at the self checkout to know the price.

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u/HackedwAxe2Grind 3d ago

Don't lidl usually put the prices ABOVE the products?

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 3d ago

I don't even know why they do this and it's really annoying as I don't regularly shop at lidl

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u/st-shenanigans 3d ago

If ANY retail store puts their prices on a display that's meant to be updated regularly, they're prepping for surge pricing.

They want to make stuff more expensive to sell when its busy. Meaning people working 9-5 will always pay more.

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 3d ago

I've seen a few of those displays have the same price and item name since the start and the rest of them have normal prices

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u/fury420 2d ago

Or they're just trying to cut down on labor costs and mistakes. It takes time for staff to update the tags of every single item that goes on sale each week, and there might be hundreds throughout the store so there's room to miss some when updating.

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u/SaleAggressive9202 3d ago

or you know, tech is getting cheaper while human labour is getting more expensive, a law as basic as gravity, so at some point you might as well switch instead of paying workers to do it.

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u/st-shenanigans 3d ago

Two things can happen at the same time.

And public facing screens are notoriously prone to breaking

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u/Sorry_Apartment_6085 2d ago

Tech isn't getting cheaper though.It's just more focused on mass surveillance/genocide than helping the working class.