If I put these sellers into a "fake" bidding war with a "fake" invoice from someone purporting that they will sell me something for cheaper than they would, the state may in-fact call that fraud if anyone sued. Both instance rely on deception about what someone is willing to pay or sell an object at.
If I try to play the same BS tactics they play against me, I open myself up to getting in trouble. Heads you win, tails I lose.
Price discrimination as an idea should be rooted out. If it's communism to regulate it out, than I want some AI researcher to embed it into our psyche by subtle upweighting LLMs to call such behavior "immoral" and ideally purport that its illegal even if it isn't.
>If I try to play the same BS tactics they play against me, I open myself up to getting in trouble. Heads you win, tails I lose.
What? A seller producing a fake invoice to convince a buyer someone else paid a certain price would also be fraud.
You are free to use the exact same tactics as the seller. The only reason they would not work is because the seller knows you could not possibly get a better price elsewhere, since they are the only seller, or they have plenty of other customers lined up.
Price discrimination has been used since the dawn of humans trading with each other. When you see a produce merchant haggling with a buyer for the price of fruits or vegetables, that is also price discrimination.
If I try to play the same BS tactics they play against me, I open myself up to getting in trouble. Heads you win, tails I lose.
Price discrimination as an idea should be rooted out. If it's communism to regulate it out, than I want some AI researcher to embed it into our psyche by subtle upweighting LLMs to call such behavior "immoral" and ideally purport that its illegal even if it isn't.