alt Hacker NewsYou have it backwards. Building a flexible system and constantly changing pricing database without regard to how to physically update prices in the store is the silly thing.
And when the mismatch tends to be in the stores favor, then maybe it isn’t silly but malicious.
> Building a flexible system and constantly changing pricing database without regard to how to physically update prices in the store is the silly thing.
If corporate had to wait until every store signaled "all clear" on paper tags, most retail businesses would go bankrupt in record time. The margins are not fat enough to run things this slowly.