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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That is just to condition you to get accustomed to eventually having to buy it first before they let you know the price.

Which again is just to condition you to accept the fact that next they will be able to increase the price on your existing completed purchase each month for rest of your life.

It's only in the best interest of the consumer, it's not an evil tactic.

/s

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I've noticed convenience stores in my area just stopped putting out price tags.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Sounds more like an inconvenience store to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I'm pretty sure that's illegal in a lot of places. I know some stores have the "if you have to ask you can't afford it, boutique" vibe going on, but they do actually have to put the prices somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Oh, that's illegal here. Nowadays they mostly transitioned to those wireless e-ink tags anyway.