MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSurge in Wendy's complaints exposes limits to consumer tolerance of unstable pricesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down10
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minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSure, but in that situation, the surge price becomes the new base price, and you wind up with the same thing just reframed as a low demand discount instead of a peak demand increase.
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoPretty much the entire US economy has been surge-based pricing since 2021 in that case.
Sure, but in that situation, the surge price becomes the new base price, and you wind up with the same thing just reframed as a low demand discount instead of a peak demand increase.
Pretty much the entire US economy has been surge-based pricing since 2021 in that case.