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The same way coupons work in drug stores already; there's a stated price and then there's the price with SuperSaver™ membership, which you have to pull out of t
by glidej 6y ago
The same way coupons work in drug stores already; there's a stated price and then there's the price with SuperSaver™ membership, which you have to pull out of their app and could be subject to any number of personalizations, real-time or not.
- dexterdog 6y agoBut both of those prices are always shown and you don't usually have to be a member of anything to get them as the clerk will just use the generic code. At most self checkouts there is an option for forgotten card which lets you bypass the need for an account.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> both of those prices are always shown This isn't necessary. There could be a public price and a private price. > there is an option for forgotten card which lets you bypass the need for an account Neither is this.
- ballenf 6y agoThere already are private prices -- the result of targeted coupons that certain customers get. Those coupons are tied to the SuperSaver(tm) account and aren't transferable.
- glidej 6y agoRight, those won't go away. These offers will likely be in addition to those and because they're more targeted they will be higher value. CVS already has specific offers that you can only get in their app with your specific membership, Target uses their Circle membership to accomplish it. The medium to deliver this customer experience are out there right now, but they're all working on adding signals to inform which offers you get.
- the_pwner224 6y agoEvery time I check out at a Kroger store I tell the cashier that I would like to get a membership card. They don't require you to give a phone number until you register the card after the checkout - which I don't do because I already got the benefit of the card at checkout. This won't work at stores that require phone number first, and still leaves open credit card-based tracking - for that you actually lose the few % cash back if you want to use cash instead.
- LeifCarrotson 6y agoEvery time I check out at Kroger (or similar membership-based store) I tell the cashier that I don't want a membership but I do want the listed sale price. They always just scan their own card.
- jasonjayr 6y agoCVS started to refuse to scan the 'house' card as of about a year ago. and they try to collect your phone number when they hand you a card for the first time.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoI've had this work occasionally but often the opposite experience unfortunately.
- rietta 6y agoMost of the time Jenny's phone number works xxx-867-5309. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny. Someone already registered it.
- ohazi 6y agoDigits of pi usually work too
- sysadmindotfail 6y agoEvery time the item has a digital coupon advertised price I simply inform the cashier I don't a phone with me. They discount it immediately.