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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is a well established retail tactic to ease customers into price hikes. I remember Walgreens pulling this shit all the time when I worked there like 15 years ago.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago

When I worked at Lowes they would also increase the prices of appliances a couple months ahead of big sales