Doylestown Biz: Amazon’s Price Check App 'Kind of Evil'

The online giant on Saturday will offer consumers discounts in exchange for providing competitors’ prices.

Amazon.com plans to reward shoppers on Saturday for what some Doylestown retailers believe is immoral and predatory behavior designed to put them out of business. During Saturday's one-day promotion, the online megastore is offering customers up to $5 off on as many as three eligible items if they use its Price Check mobile phone application to relay price information from brick and mortar stores. The information can be sent by scanning barcodes, photographing a product, speaking the product name or sending a text message. “It’s kind of evil,” said Blair Elliot, owner of Siren Records. His store sells music, one of several products Amazon is focusing on Saturday. The others are toys, electronics, sporting goods and DVDs. “It’s definitely …

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