Dynamic Pricing
dy-NAM-ik PRY-singnoun
DiagnosisAcute, opportunistic
What it means
Charging different people different amounts for the same thing, described as responsiveness rather than as finding out what you will pay.
What it actually means
The price is whatever you will tolerate right now.
How it is used in a sentence
"The tickets doubled while I was in the queue. Dynamic pricing."
Filed under
Systemic Absurdities — Prices, platforms and institutions that were designed this way and would prefer you assumed otherwise.
Euphemism — The phrase hides something specific. We decode it.
Related entries
Convenience Fee
Systemic Absurditieskun-VEEN-yuns feenounEuphemism
A charge added for the convenience of the company, passed on to you, on the grounds that you had no alternative.
Real meaningWe are charging you for the till.
The Illusion of Choice
Systemic AbsurditiesnounCoinage
Being offered fourteen options that are the same product from four companies, two of which turn out to be the same company.
Real meaningYou are choosing between the same three owners.