• halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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    17 hours ago

    It’s not always a purposeful grift when that happens.

    When dealing with an actual different sku like that, they don’t necessarily get the products at the same time, and they don’t sell through them at the same rate. It could be that the smaller boxes have been sitting around longer and the price was lowered to sell through before their expiry dates.

    They don’t always put sales tags on everything that’s discounted a small amount, especially if it’s expected to be longer than a few days.

    Especially if it’s a large company that likely has automated basic things like that to update pricing for stagnant inventory in a specified way.

    • YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club
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      9 hours ago

      They also do price tags to account for weight vs price in an inconsistent way, so one will be x ounces for y price, but the next will be z units per other price, and I’m always in a hurry so it’s impossible to stand there and compare. Only retirees can do that.