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Isn't that the same thing? It doesn't matter if you raise prices on demand or lower them, the outcome is the same - different pricing at different times.
This is all a misunderstanding! The high price IS the regular price. We lower the prices at certain times to benefit our customers, who we love so very much. This is totally not surge pricing!
"Well, you see, 'surge pricing' means raising prices during the most high-traffic times. Here at Kroger, we pride ourselves in raising prices slightly before and after the peak times, and that's technically not surge pricing! It's just dynamic pricing with surge characteristics."
"Alright you chucklefuckers. Here's the new law. You are required to have paper tags, the only discount you can offer is paper coupons sent through the mail to everyone in an area, and you're never allowed to alter your prices more than once per week."
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Yeah see it's not surge pricing! We actually lower prices whentheresnobodyintheaisle so that the discounts are passed on to you! Also we list the lowered price in the ads and apps so when you come in you can be surprised by power of our tech! and the updated price
"We are just figuring out though"
"No, no, it's totally different to lower prices when fixed income people are shopping and at all other times leave them the same, our lawyers were very certain of that."