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Yes, this is what economists simply call price discrimination and for any normal business it is definitly illegal. This is a grey zone now, but it will be deci
by zwaps 7y ago
Yes, this is what economists simply call price discrimination and for any normal business it is definitly illegal.
This is a grey zone now, but it will be decided that either it is illegal now, or it will be made illegal eventually.
So I'd be careful with this kind of stuff.
- perl4ever 7y agoIt's pervasive, and nobody's made an effective case that it's illegal outside of basing it on protected classes of people. For instance, you can detect whether someone browsing your website on their phone is in your physical store and if so, show them the same higher prices that are in the store. But if someone is not in your store, you can show them lower prices to compete online. I've noticed retailers doing this. At least sometimes, they try to defuse it by matching the lower price if a customer notices the game.