Originally published at: Walmart's AI Surveillance Pricing is a Privacy Nightmare
Walmart’s AI surveillance pricing is using your data to set custom prices. A $3 pair of Walmart shoes rang up at $18.98 at checkout, and that one receipt lit a fire under the surveillance pricing debate. The shopper’s viral discovery pushed a quiet practice into the open as they posted a TikTok video explaining the…
I knew online retailers were doing this. Drives me nuts! However I thought there were laws that covered this type of thing, such as shelf price, tag price and register price must all be the same or consumers pay the lowest price.
I think I’ll dress up like a homeless person with a Walmart account and my cell phone with my account name being Jerry Baskin. Nick Nolte’s character name in Down and out in Beverly hills scan the barcode and maybe I’ll get a really good deal.
Take a picture of the posted price and show it to the checker - they MUST sell it at that price, don’t take “no” for an answer.