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What do you think ought to be controversial about it?
by xanderlewis 3y ago
What do you think ought to be controversial about it?
- Symbiote 3y agoPrivate companies keeping records of every single thing you buy. They have a very good idea of your diet, lifestyle, health issues, pregnancy, alcohol consumption, etc. But in return we get 10p off a pack of doughnuts.
- daniel_reetz 3y agoThis will come to a head when dynamic pricing becomes the norm. You'll pay more for formula and baby vitamins when you need it the most.
- Sebb767 3y ago> You'll pay more for formula and baby vitamins when you need it the most. ... so when you have a baby? When else would you buy this? I get the point you're trying to make, but this particular example seems somewhat strange.
- hooverd 3y agoHow would that work exactly?
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- graphe 3y agoEmbarrassingly funny statement.
- HlessClaudesman 3y agoBeing surveilled as to what food / sanitary, etc products an individual buys is just icky. Supermarkets already know how much they sell, now they want to sell our behavioural info too.
- varispeed 3y agoInsurance companies would love to have their hands on it or banks.
- graphe 3y agoThey operate at very low margins, 1-3% don't blame them.
- JohnFen 3y agoWhy not? They're making the decision to do these things, so it's their responsibility. That they work on slim margins doesn't enter into it.
- graphe 3y agoCorner stores are gone, supermarkets took over and you have even less variety, and you want to squeeze MORE fresh fruits and vegetables out of your neighborhood? Be my guest and eat only packaged foods so they do make those high margins, don't restock any fresh food and I hope you vote with your wallet to make these supermarkets go out of business. Then you can buy nothing but high margin foods at your gas station.
- JohnFen 3y agoNot really sure what you're on about here. > I hope you vote with your wallet to make these supermarkets go out of business. I do -- not to make anyone go out of business, but because I prefer to shop at supermarkets that don't spy on me. At least in my part of the US, they do still exist and while they do, that's where I'll shop. The point (for me) isn't to encourage or discourage any particular business practice. It's purely a self-defensive move on my part.
- graphe 3y agoIf you don't want to use the rewards at any supermarket you don't have to, so what's the problem? If you're not a zealot that preference probably melts as soon as you need it fast, or an exclusive price or item. Just from my observations the best performing supermarkets are in low crime areas with an ethnic minority as a majority. Supermarkets that try these tracking techniques aren't doing well, and I don't blame them for trying to survive and bring fresh food.
- varispeed 3y agoThey force vulnerable people to give up their privacy in order to enjoy normal prices.
- JohnFen 3y agoFortunately, at least in my part of the US, there are still a decent number of supermarkets that don't use these cards at all -- so there's still a few I can shop at and get normal prices without having to subject myself to this form of spying. I just have to avoid the major chains.
- GeoAtreides 3y agoyou're being downvoted, but that's exactly what's happening. Sainsbury's has locked all the price reductions (aka normal prices) behind Nectar.