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Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 44 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Reminder that by law, if the price is listed wrong:

Sometimes the price of an item in store or online at the checkout may not match the displayed or advertised price in store or online. If this happens, even by mistake, the business must either:

  • sell the product for the lowest price - either the checkout price, or displayed or advertised price, or
  • stop selling the item until the incorrect price is corrected.
[–] docus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

What law? In what country?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 14 points 1 hour ago

Australia, the country the article is talking about. That was a quote from the ACCC website.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

The closest thing I can think of would be Quebec, they have some fairly strong consumer protections, but i don't know how far they would extend in cases like this

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

stop selling the item until the incorrect price is corrected

Not a lawyer but couldn't they just refuse to sell it to you? We all know it would be bullshit but couldn't a company say "Oh that minimum wage clerk made a mistake, but don't blame them, just an honest mistake."

Or is the law, if it's on the shelf, it must be honored?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

They would have to refuse to sell to anyone. It would likely not be lawful to leave it on the shelf and sell it at the higher price to someone else who might not have noticed the discrepancy, until they fix up the shelf pricing.