Just wait until they link these to your position in the store, loyalty card, purchase history, credit score, heartrate, etc. Great future we're heading to.

Dynamic pricing is the death of even the echo of the American dream. What's the point of getting an education, working hard to advance your career, or doing anything else to advance your economic prospects? If the prices for everything you buy simply rise to cancel out any increase in earnings, what's the point of doing anything to better yourself? Might as well just get the easiest lowest-stress job that lets you share a studio apartment with a few roommates, and just work that until you die.

That these stores find the sizeable investment of figuring out ways to mess over customers rather than just hiring a proper workforce at any wage, let alone a living wage, tells you how much more profitable it is to mess over customers.

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price

Tell me you think inflation is about to get out of control without telling me you think inflation is about to get out of control.

The family that owns Walmart, the Waltons, are part of the billionaire class. Their workers are on food stamps. While Costco workers have 401k, and make $25-35 an hour. Depending on your state, that's double the minimum wage.

What stops us from vandalizing them?

Walmart's digital labels have earned my local Kroger (Dillons for my Kansas comrades) several hundred dollars a month

This just sounds like price gouging with extra steps.

I closed my walmart (and target, and amazon) account over a year ago. Never going back. Thrift stores and eBay for everything. Aldi and Food City for groceries. It's amazing how easy it is to go without the latest plastic junk that will break in 3 months. I know some people have no choice but to shop these places, but some are just lazy and won't try any alternatives.

Cash