Where I live, we don’t yet have those cards. I despise the idea of them and hate getting caught out by them (I’m looking at you Tesco and Lidl).

Normal price for something - 0.49 (in stores without these cards) But in their store it’s only that price with their ‘club card’ or ‘plus membership’.

Otherwise it’s 1.59

There are loads of other items with high markups.

BUT - the marked price is the normal store price to the inexperienced shopper of these data collecting stores, with the blind spot being the need to have a store card to get the ‘discount’. My full shop was an extra 103.46 altogether between the two stores (51.22 in one 52.24 in the other) rushing to get christmas dinner and dining and extras. Should be banned. /rant

The government doing a sick job of protecting consumers. /s

  • lauha@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The card means my shop is cheaper than it otherwise would be and I’m gaining points each time I use it.

    Card means that the price is what it could be anyway, but they decide to give it only to the customers who have the card.

    Points are also just mark up in general prices that they could have given you anyway, but hide it as a “reward for points”

    • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Well there’s some truth in that it’s not entirely it, the price is reduced because the data they get from tracking your spending habits has a value

      They’re not pushing people to these cards for fun

      • Red_October@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 day ago

        And what do those things cost somewhere that isn’t using the dumb member card system?

        You’re not getting a deal, non-catdholders are getting shafted while you pat yourself on the back and the store sells shockingly detailed data about you.