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A customer reported a $100 price increase for a TV in the Target app upon arriving at the store's parking lot, sparking a debate and criticism over the company's use of location-based dynamic pricing.

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What happened

Post: "Why Did a TV Price Jump By $100 in the Target Parking Lot? Inside Target’s App Pricing Debate"

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RedditOct 1, 2026By u/stenspect

r/privacy

Why Did a TV Price Jump By $100 in the Target Parking Lot? Inside Target’s App Pricing Debate

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1,074
comments
119

Extracted from these lines

  • [comment u/Fastgirl600] Welcome to the wonderful world of fuck you pricing called dynamic

  • [comment u/Daveisahugecunt] Is this suggesting that if I’m ‘really far away’ the price will appear lower making me visit the store?

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5 of 119 comments
  • “This is the kind of story that needs to get sustained attention. We are in the midst of a major transformation with ai being applied to everything now and we as consumers may not always have the extraordinary power we have today”

    u/theshadowofself596 points · Oct 1, 2026View

  • “Welcome to the wonderful world of fuck you pricing called dynamic”

    u/Fastgirl600224 points · Oct 1, 2026View

  • “Yeah apps seems to be one the worst privacy traps out there. I uninstalled as many apps I could. But not sure how much it helps.”

    u/Timbroarpropaganda81 points · Oct 1, 2026View

  • “Is this suggesting that if I’m ‘really far away’ the price will appear lower making me visit the store? Because I can play that game”

    u/Daveisahugecunt71 points · Oct 1, 2026View

  • “Or stop downloading apps and turn off Bluetooth when you leave your car…”

    u/A_Buttholes_Whisper53 points · Oct 1, 2026View

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Customer feedback

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Mentions
1

Details

Timing
Ongoing state
Category
Pricing
Virality
Very high
Post kind
Link
Prominence
Core
Company's role
Vendor
Content warning
Profanity in quotes

Topics and mentions

Topics

  • dynamic pricing
  • retail tech
  • location tracking
  • pricing
  • privacy

Flair

  • news

Products named

  • Target App

Extraction

Sentiment
Negative
Detected
Oct 1, 2026
signal_type
reddit-company
signal_subtype
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        "author": "theshadowofself",
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        "excerpt": "I had a similar experience but not for the same reason at WalMart. I looked up oil on their website and went there to get it. Inside the store it was $7 more on the shelf tag so I asked about it. They said the website price was cheaper and they won't match it. So I put it back and bought oil at Menard's.\n\n My thought is they have little overhead when selling from the website so they can offer lowe",
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