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Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices (www.theverge.com)

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[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (12 children)

According to the Journal, Nessie would inflate prices and monitor whether other retailers, like Target, would follow suit. If the competing retailers maintained the lower price, the algorithm would automatically revert Amazon’s to its normal price.

Isn’t this how retail pricing always works?

[–] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Most people don't know how retail pricing works, so when they read an article like this, they're shocked and offended

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