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Coca-Cola Japan to expand trial of dynamic-price vending machines (www.japantimes.co.jp)

submitted 11 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/japanlife@lemmy.world

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The dynamic pricing scheme allows the prices of vending machine items to be raised when demand is high and lowered when sales are low.

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[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

which is like… a buck.

Unless you get paid in USD instead of JPY, it's 180 yen by me which is like... 180 yen on my Japanese employer salary.

[–] korny@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you show your math on that conversion to your salary?

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Getting paid in JPY, it's usually about 1 JPY to 1 JPY. Or am I missing something here?

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's weird how exchange rates don't reflect a person's hourly worth.

I'm in Australia and a coke from a vending machine on a train station platform is $4.50, which is ¥435 at the current rate. A bottle of water costs the same, because... Coke.

I honestly bought a 600ml ¥100 water in a Kyoto tourist trap in July this year. A vending machine on the street.