There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
12 points
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Even for commonly sold items this practice is harmful to the consumer:
- difficult to prove someone wrong, even if their price is higher than usual
- easy to hide a higher price (“well, the local markets we shop at…”)
- if the price isn’t higher than usual, why hide it behind this
Information asymmetry shifts the power in any economic activities, and should never be encouraged.
2 points