Yabba Dabba Doo! New York Gets Sued Over Pricey Peeking!

Great Gazoo! What's This Pricey Peeking All About?

Yabba Dabba Doo! Fred Flinstone here reporting live from Bedrock… well not really I'm using this fancy rock tablet Wilma got me. Seems like those fellas in New York are in a bit of a pickle! They passed a new law see that says shops gotta tell ya if they're using your personal info to change prices. They call it 'surveillance pricing.' Sounds like something Mr. Slate would do to keep tabs on us quarry workers doesn't it? I'm telling ya this stinks worse than Dino's breath after he's been chewing on a brontosaurus bone!

Retailers Go Ape! (Or Maybe Just Pterodactyl)

Now the big shots at the National Retail Federation – sounds like a bunch of guys in suits if you ask me – are really hopping mad! They're saying this new law stomps all over their rights. Seems they don't like being told they gotta put up signs warning folks about this price changing gizmo. They reckon it's all a bunch of hooey and fear mongering. They say they just use these fancy algorithms to give us good deals and reward us for buying their stuff. Like when I get a discount on bronto burgers at the drive in… Yabba Dabba Doo!

Government Scripted Opinion? Sounds like Wilma's Book Club!

These retailers are claiming the new law forces them to share a 'government scripted opinion,' which is a bunch of hogwash. They feel the law is making them say something they don't agree with and will fine them if they don't comply. $1,000 clams for each mess up! That's a lot of clams even for me! Wilma would have my hide if I started racking up fines like that! 'Oh Fred!' she'd say 'You and your get rich quick schemes!'

Letitia James The Enforcer!

Now the poor gal who has to deal with this mess is some Attorney General gal named Letitia James. She's the one who has to make sure everyone follows the rules. I bet she feels like she's wrangling a bunch of baby dinosaurs! Her office hasn't said anything yet but I bet she's sharpening her claws for a good legal fight. I bet she's saying "Yabba Dabba Doo! It's enforcement time!"

Hochul's Opaque Opinion?

The head honcho in New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks this pricing stuff is shady saying it stops people from comparison shopping. She signed this law saying it was "opaque." I think she need to get her eyes checked by Dr. Bamblet. But hey it's her call. Anyway Hochul's office is keeping quiet too probably sipping dinosaur smoothies and watching the whole thing unfold.

FTC Throwing Stones?

And to top it all off some other government agency the Federal Trade Commission did a study about this whole thing. One guy there even said the study was rushed through just to make the old President look bad. Sounds like a real Bedrock election to me! If you ask me I'm saying "Yabba Dabba Don't!" to all this crazy price peeking and government squawking. Time for a bronto burger and a nap! Fred Flinstone signing off!