Retailers are replacing price stickers in aisles with electronic shelf labels. The labels prices can change as often as every 10 seconds. Hot outside? They can raise the price of water & ice cream. (www.npr.org)

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[-] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 3 months ago

They put these in at various stores including a walmart I gotta go to for work and already many stores have switched back partially or fully to paper tags because the electronic ones are so unreliable and annoying

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

Enshittification working in our favor for once.

[-] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

They can't even put the yoke on our necks because they can't build anything of quality without us.

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

LED or magnetic ink?

[-] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I’ve seen both kinds havent looked too close but I think the LEDs work better

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