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Now in Poland every promotion needs to display lowest price for the product in last 30 days l, effectively countering this strategy.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
Wow, I love Poland now.
- anotherhue 3y ago
  That's a whole EU thing I think. We have it in Ireland. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treatment/unfair-pricing/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat...
  - Culonavirus 3y ago
    Indeed it is. Czech Republic too, including e-commerce sites.
OfSanguineFire 3y ago
Poland has still been hit by inflation, though. I have taken advantage of having a registered business in order to do a lot of my shopping at the wholesaler Makro, where prices still lag well behind ordinary supermarkets.
- iraqmtpizza 3y ago
  not relevant to the comment to which you are replying. truth in advertising has nothing to do with inflation. but it's also absurd to suggest that price controls are a valid means of addressing inflation
  - OfSanguineFire 3y ago
    It is relevant to the context of this thread in general. Even if Polish consumers are spared the trick of raising prices through fake discounts as the OP mentioned, they still suffer from the same surge in prices that many of the European posters here are complaining about. Nowhere in my post was I calling for price controls.
    - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
      your comment was suggestive of it whether that was your intention or not
      - OfSanguineFire 3y ago
        Where? In that post I shared my own personal strategy for saving money by doing my shopping at a wholesaler instead of an ordinary supermarket. No state intervention required.
        iraqmtpizza 3y ago
        In precisely the part that you just left out
        OfSanguineFire 3y ago
        The only part I could have left out is the plain statement “Poland has still been hit by inflation, though.” That doesn’t even suggest calling for price controls. Yours was a kneejerk reaction.
        iraqmtpizza 3y ago
        In context it is very suggestive. Maybe you are incapable of inferences but other people are not, so I decided it was best to dispel that idea ahead of time.
        3y ago
thaumasiotes 3y ago
That explains why Good Old Games has that display for games that are "on sale". Does Steam honor that requirement?
- mmarquezs 3y ago
  They did add it, not for everyone but it is there: https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1664912800806842370?s=20 https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1664912800806842370?s=20
- janosdebugs 3y ago
  I haven't seen one, but changing the base price of the game requires support if I remember correctly and there is also a 30 day minimum wait time between discounts. https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/discounts https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/discounts

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

Wow, I love Poland now.

anotherhue 3y ago
That's a whole EU thing I think. We have it in Ireland. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treatment/unfair-pricing/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat...
- Culonavirus 3y ago
  Indeed it is. Czech Republic too, including e-commerce sites.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago

Poland has still been hit by inflation, though. I have taken advantage of having a registered business in order to do a lot of my shopping at the wholesaler Makro, where prices still lag well behind ordinary supermarkets.

iraqmtpizza 3y ago
not relevant to the comment to which you are replying. truth in advertising has nothing to do with inflation. but it's also absurd to suggest that price controls are a valid means of addressing inflation
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago
  It is relevant to the context of this thread in general. Even if Polish consumers are spared the trick of raising prices through fake discounts as the OP mentioned, they still suffer from the same surge in prices that many of the European posters here are complaining about. Nowhere in my post was I calling for price controls.
  - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
    your comment was suggestive of it whether that was your intention or not
    - OfSanguineFire 3y ago
      Where? In that post I shared my own personal strategy for saving money by doing my shopping at a wholesaler instead of an ordinary supermarket. No state intervention required.
      - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
        In precisely the part that you just left out
        OfSanguineFire 3y ago
        The only part I could have left out is the plain statement “Poland has still been hit by inflation, though.” That doesn’t even suggest calling for price controls. Yours was a kneejerk reaction.
        iraqmtpizza 3y ago
        In context it is very suggestive. Maybe you are incapable of inferences but other people are not, so I decided it was best to dispel that idea ahead of time.
        3y ago

thaumasiotes 3y ago

That explains why Good Old Games has that display for games that are "on sale". Does Steam honor that requirement?

mmarquezs 3y ago
They did add it, not for everyone but it is there: https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1664912800806842370?s=20 https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1664912800806842370?s=20
janosdebugs 3y ago
I haven't seen one, but changing the base price of the game requires support if I remember correctly and there is also a 30 day minimum wait time between discounts. https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/discounts https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/discounts