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rootlocustoday at 7:26 AM2 repliesview on HN

The store could make it mandatory to swipe your fidelity care before calculating your prices. They already do something similar with specialized promotions.


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Manuel_Dtoday at 7:32 AM

If we're including promotions or membership discounts, then coupons fit this definition of price discrimination. And those have existed since the 90s at least.

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ndsipa_pomutoday at 2:35 PM

In the UK, it's common for supermarkets to have loyalty cards (e.g. Tesco Clubcard) and then they display prices along with the price for using a loyalty card. Then, they just apply the discount (which varies according to the product) when you swipe your card before paying.