Why aren't we pushing back against dynamic pricing?

[Anonymous]

Ha they should call it equitable pricing. Everybody pays a percentage of what they have.

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Anonymous wrote:Dynamic pricing that's popular with hotels etc is coming to a service near you. In a few years, you won't see how much items cost anymore. The price will be determined in real time and based on your profile. Thanks to AI and your extensive digital footprint corporations will have access to a vast amount of data to determine how much to charge you. You will find it everywhere, clothing, food, car etc...

How did we get here? Where is the pushback?

And when you add health care cost on top of everything, is the goal to make us to spend in perpetuity and having nothing saved.

If you think you have enough saved, under dynamic pricing you will simply overpay.

Incognito mode/VPNs/payment methods that hide your identity (crypto)

And just going to a store that has fixed prices for everyone if it gets that bad.

I don’t think personalized dynamic pricing is going to work too well if that’s what you’re talking about. Assuming there is competition, you aren’t going to be able to charge a rich person $50 for a hamburger and a poor person $10 for the same burger. That’s just not going to work

The waiter hands you one menu, another person a different one. But I just read an article that said the uber wealthy are avoiding us poors as much as possible - separate entrances at restaurants, private rooms, etc.

Any restaurant that tries charging 2 people differently based on their income will go out of business very quickly

Would they run a credit check to secure a reservation? Otherwise everyone will just look ratchet for a cheaper dinner.

yes you can avoid this situation:

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Anonymous wrote:Dynamic pricing that's popular with hotels etc is coming to a service near you. In a few years, you won't see how much items cost anymore. The price will be determined in real time and based on your profile. Thanks to AI and your extensive digital footprint corporations will have access to a vast amount of data to determine how much to charge you. You will find it everywhere, clothing, food, car etc...

How did we get here? Where is the pushback?

And when you add health care cost on top of everything, is the goal to make us to spend in perpetuity and having nothing saved.

If you think you have enough saved, under dynamic pricing you will simply overpay.

Incognito mode/VPNs/payment methods that hide your identity (crypto)

And just going to a store that has fixed prices for everyone if it gets that bad.

I don’t think personalized dynamic pricing is going to work too well if that’s what you’re talking about. Assuming there is competition, you aren’t going to be able to charge a rich person $50 for a hamburger and a poor person $10 for the same burger. That’s just not going to work

The waiter hands you one menu, another person a different one. But I just read an article that said the uber wealthy are avoiding us poors as much as possible - separate entrances at restaurants, private rooms, etc.

Any restaurant that tries charging 2 people differently based on their income will go out of business very quickly

Would they run a credit check to secure a reservation? Otherwise everyone will just look ratchet for a cheaper dinner.

yes you can avoid this situation:

wow

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a part of the agenda for liberals and progressives. They really want the wealthy to contribute more. They often claim that the rich don’t pay their fair share and want to squeeze them for all they’re worth.

Rather than implementing a flat tax, they advocated for a progressive tax system. The more money you have, the higher your tax rate. They love this concept so much that they are even applying it to pricing.

We want the absurdly rich to contribute more in taxes that benefit everyone, you ding dong, not to contribute more to private companies like airlines and grocery stores via higher prices.

Who is we? Not me. I am all for rewarding people who are contributing, creating jobs, and driving the economy forward. I do not support policies that punish success. Making it easier and more attractive to earn more is how you motivate people. Coddling poverty and laziness does the opposite.

Same. I think this “tax the rich” stuff is childish.

[Anonymous]

Massanuten Ski Resort near Harrisonburg, VA is using dynamic pricing for lift tickets and ski lessons. Prices around the XMas holiday are already outrageous but this could also be because there is no snow and it’s not cold enough to make snow. Lots of people like us are canceling their ski reservations.

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Anonymous wrote:Dynamic pricing that's popular with hotels etc is coming to a service near you. In a few years, you won't see how much items cost anymore. The price will be determined in real time and based on your profile. Thanks to AI and your extensive digital footprint corporations will have access to a vast amount of data to determine how much to charge you. You will find it everywhere, clothing, food, car etc...

How did we get here? Where is the pushback?

And when you add health care cost on top of everything, is the goal to make us to spend in perpetuity and having nothing saved.

If you think you have enough saved, under dynamic pricing you will simply overpay.

The goal is to have a sizable percentage of the population in debt and desperate. Someone’s got to do all of those jobs that the immigrants now being deported were taking care of.

[Anonymous]

Instacart got caught recently doing this and had to publicly apologize and state they would stop.

Dynamic pricing on your groceries.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/22/instacart-ai-pricing-tests-increased-costs.html

[Anonymous]

I am as best I can. I don't shop at places that play pricing games, like target, Amazon, barnes and nobles, cvs...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Economy tickets will disappear as well. In a few years, airlines will only seel you premium tickets.

Blame your government. They don't have your interest in mind

I’m fine with this. Air travel is ruining our environment. It should be a luxury not a right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I push back by not making the purchase.

Same. I buy less.

If I do buy, I try to buy for cheap so my profile will let them know I only pay less.

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Anonymous wrote:Massanuten Ski Resort near Harrisonburg, VA is using dynamic pricing for lift tickets and ski lessons. Prices around the XMas holiday are already outrageous but this could also be because there is no snow and it’s not cold enough to make snow. Lots of people like us are canceling their ski reservations.

This is one way to tax the rich.