| It's a good point. But I'd challenge you on your assumption that this is a bad thing for stores and consumers. It's a powerfully negative experience to buy something, and then find out within a few days (or hours) that it's selling for far less. It happens millions of times per day (www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2014/11/20/amazons-pricing-strategy-makes-life-miserable-for-the-competition/), and most people don't find out. But the reality is that it's happening. A customer could return it for free (and re-buy it -- many states require this by-law). Or a store could do good by the customer and give a price adjustment. It turns out that when stores do good by customers when this happens, shoppers become far more loyal (and spend FAR more on average too, growing store top-line & often net bottom line). This is part of the secret of Amazon Prime. While I can't claim that it is the right or only view, I fully believe that stores will benefit far more than the costs. *Revised based on mquander's feedback |
They might very well be conniving, but your app to me feels more like those people that save up a bunch of coupons and walk out with a cart full of groceries and the grocery store actually owing them money. There's nothing wrong with that: I have no doubt that the CEO of Fred Meyer still rues that day in college that I walked into one of his aisles and walked out with a bunch of cartons of eggs.
People aren't victims when a company offers a product at a price that the customer is willing to accept. I'm sure you have a fine app that will save some people some money, but we're not rebels striking an uprising against our grocery store overlords who dare to sell overpriced eggs to underprivileged American consumers.
(edit): The parent post has been edited to sound less like a movie trailer, so my post may now sound out-of-place.