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If I am buying anything, on sale or otherwise, I do my best to look up historical prices. It's gotten to be a pain in the ass to be a consumer. I feel like we used to have consumer protections, but not any more.

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That's why the UE law that requires the shops to display the lowest price over last 30 days is pretty useful

Seems easy to game by just pretending you're selling a different product every time you change the price.

I worked at a company that did this with digital goods.

That might work with complex electronics, but it sure as shit wont work with most groceries.

Why is a carrot grown on May 1 not different from a carrot grown on May 2?

Eu directive 2019/2161, which regulates this, was supposed to be in effect since 28.5.2022, but I see nothing on local retailers webpages, nor in physical stores ):

It seems that in France around 96% of the advertised price do not comply with this directive. We need more fines.

https://www.nextinpact.com/lebrief/71805/ufc-que-choisir-por...

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