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Now in Poland every promotion needs to display lowest price for the product in last 30 days l, effectively countering this strategy.

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That explains why Good Old Games has that display for games that are "on sale". Does Steam honor that requirement?

I haven't seen one, but changing the base price of the game requires support if I remember correctly and there is also a 30 day minimum wait time between discounts. https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/discounts

They did add it, not for everyone but it is there: https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1664912800806842370?s=20

Poland has still been hit by inflation, though. I have taken advantage of having a registered business in order to do a lot of my shopping at the wholesaler Makro, where prices still lag well behind ordinary supermarkets.

not relevant to the comment to which you are replying. truth in advertising has nothing to do with inflation.

but it's also absurd to suggest that price controls are a valid means of addressing inflation

It is relevant to the context of this thread in general. Even if Polish consumers are spared the trick of raising prices through fake discounts as the OP mentioned, they still suffer from the same surge in prices that many of the European posters here are complaining about. Nowhere in my post was I calling for price controls.

your comment was suggestive of it whether that was your intention or not

Where? In that post I shared my own personal strategy for saving money by doing my shopping at a wholesaler instead of an ordinary supermarket. No state intervention required.

In precisely the part that you just left out

The only part I could have left out is the plain statement “Poland has still been hit by inflation, though.” That doesn’t even suggest calling for price controls. Yours was a kneejerk reaction.

In context it is very suggestive. Maybe you are incapable of inferences but other people are not, so I decided it was best to dispel that idea ahead of time.

It is unreasonable to infer what the original author has said he has not implied.

You didn't say that you didn't imply it until after I brought it up. In fact, you never would have said that unless and until I raised the issue. So I accept your apology.

Maybe look at who you just replied to there?

He didn't say that he didn't imply it until after I brought it up. In fact, he never would have said that unless and until I raised the issue. So I accept his apology.

Wow, I love Poland now.

That's a whole EU thing I think. We have it in Ireland.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat...

Indeed it is. Czech Republic too, including e-commerce sites.

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