Shutterstock February 15, 2024 Why prices are so high – 8 ways retail pricing algorithms gouge consumers David Tuffley, Griffith University Each of these tricks is old, but each has been supercharged by the use of information technology.
Shutterstock August 23, 2023 Junk fees and drip pricing: underhanded tactics we hate yet still fall for Ralf Steinhauser, Australian National University We are easy prey for drip pricing, the practice of incrementally disclosing unavoidable additional fees, squeezing our wallets and feeling unfair.
Jetstar’s website was found to be misleading and deceptive. Mick Tsikas/Reuters November 20, 2015 Jetstar and Virgin caught out for overlooking mobile commerce Julie Clarke, Deakin University and Philip Clarke, Deakin University Those annoying fees at the end of your online booking? They should be disclosed early.
Companies that use drip pricing to lure customers in are being watched closely by the ACCC. theloushe/Flickr February 25, 2014 The ACCC wants to take the drip out of pricing Philip Clarke, Deakin University and Julie Clarke, Deakin University ACCC Chairman Rod Sims has put drip pricing in online markets on the regulator’s hit list for the year ahead, warning there would “shortly be enforcement in this area”. It’s a welcome and overdue move…