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Why don't you boycott it and quit buying things that aren't worth the price? Seriously, people aren't outraged at this because convenience has value which means it costs.

The way to attack this problem is with robust antitrust enforcement. Where there are obscene markups there should be increased competition to provide the good/service which drives the price down. When that doesn't happen it's because something is stopping competition.

People were outraged, when this was news years ago.

The frog has been boiled and has been dead for sone time.

I can't keep track of all the things I'm outraged about anymore. It's too much.

I don't get mad at shit like this, I just don't buy.

Rage gets you nothing from these pricing schemes. Letting the company go broke does.

I solved this problem, with regards to coffee, permanently for myself by getting a Timemore S3 and an Aeropress Go. All said that $200 CAD invested 5 years ago has save me hundreds in coffee bills, and now I can make a fresh cup at the campsite, road side, anywhere. All I need is hot water.

I don't think most people know enough about convenience pricing to be outraged about it.

The whole system of personalised pricing is designed to be unnoticeable to the general public or even make you think you're paying less.

On a sidenote I don't like the attitude of other commentators saying it's just for Starbucks so it doesn't matter to me, I make my coffee at home. Nothing is stoppin the system of convenience pricing to infect everything that isn't Starbucks and everyone needs to buy groceries.

Is 'convenience pricing' like 'surge pricing' for car services? i.e. prices go way up at peak hours?

There's nothing outrage can do. You'll still buy from them since the rich own everything and you still have to eat. You can't outlast a billionaire just on hunger alone. Billionaires own the world. We're just (soon to be obsolete) chattle that lives in it to increase their profits.

It actually does piss me off when I go to a place where I know the price of something and it's changed(increased). Like a gallon of store brand tea was 2.50 a couple weeks ago now the same tea is over 3.50. I'm not sure if it's from the smart tag or diesel prices.

A good form of protest I've decided is to leave a bunch of shit that was "too expensive" unchecked on the stand before the scanner

Reason why the Europeans finally reacted and the AmeriKans continue to do nothing.

Man there is a technology out there that threatens %90 of peoples jobs, the literacy rate of both youth and adults, steals from artists and makes everything worse.

If people don't stand up against that they won't stand up for anything. Most people are just cattle at this point.

I don’t know what you include in convenience pricing but I probably don’t do it.

I am outraged over grocery/food delivery prices. My mom is mobility impaired so delivery is a lot more than merely a convenience, yet she can’t afford to spend huge amounts

Define "convenience pricing".

Convenience has always come at a price. Your local corner shop will likely stock bread and milk, and it will be a lot more expensive than it is at the massive supermarket a mile or two away.

And it penalises vulnerable people eg spme disabled, elderly, people with kids etc.

why aren't people outraged in general?

they're overwhelmed and discouraged because their outrage to previous things did nothing to solve the problem.

outrage is like gunpowder without a shell casing.

I am not going to Starbucks, because fuck that corporate US shit. I am happily paying $10 to a local kebab place, because I earn about $15/h after taxes and insurance, and there is no way I am going to make a decent kebab with fries in under an hour, plus it helps some random Arab guy earn a living, so why shouldn't I?

They’ve been trained that corporations can do whatever they want because it’s somehow a good thing.

Because people want convenience over anything else. It's the largest hurdle when trying to get anyone to use any privacy respecting thing

I'm not outraged at Starbucks over convenience pricing because I haven't noticed it because I don't go to Starbucks.

I'm outraged because Starbucks is anti-union, anti-consumer, and donates money to an authoritarian regime.

Society has been cowed on purpose. People dont even bat an eye when the US military kills a school full of young girls. You think they are going to do anything about surge pricing? 😆😅🤣 We are officially fucked as the lowest denominators of society drag us ALL to hell with them.

making me pay more

No, you're choosing to pay more. Make your own coffee at home. Or hell, don't drink coffee. Nobody's making you do that, either.

A slightly better example might be convenience stores in low-income areas where many people don't have access to transportation to the more affordable grocery stores. The fact that you immediately jumped to Starbucks (something many people consider a treat of sorts) as something you're forced to buy out of convenience shows how privileged you are to have this "problem".

I'm not outraged because I never plan on paying for it. I love buying things in bulk in advance, preparing my own food, much cheaper.

OP is conflating "convenience pricing" (where prices are adjusted through the day to match customer volume) vs the price of convenience.

And then using Starbucks as an example. Which is a terrible example. No one needsto go to Starbucks. We all need groceries.

there was actually way back when it started. Initially it was like. For a cup of coffee?! People were like. Yeah but its real good coffee. See the thing is is that it was coming up during a good economic time and people had enough disposable income to treat themselves to a real good coffee before they started work and they figure if it helped them get through work well that is where all the pay for their food and lodging and everything came from. Again they had enough extra to say. Why not. I suspect we will see some big changes but who knows. I know many people that have stopped with fast food and even eating out is a rarity but somehow only wendys is going under.

“Why aren’t people outraged about…” They are, is always the answer when this question is posed here.

Time is money.

It's not like expensive convenience has a monopoly. If you don't want to pay more, do it yourself.