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slug: reference-pricing
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title: Reference Pricing
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state: super-draft
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id: null
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repo: null
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proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
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proposed_at: '2026-06-03'
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graduated_at: null
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graduated_by: null
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owners:
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- ben.stull
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arbiters: []
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tags:
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- commerce
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A reference price is any comparison a listing shows against its current selling price — a struck-through "was" price, a "compare at", an implied discount — and it is a factual claim about the past, not a persuasion device. This RFC defines Reference Pricing so that a displayed former or comparison price must reflect a genuine prior selling price for that good, never a fabricated anchor invented to manufacture the appearance of a discount. It refines Price and applies Wise Speech in Commerce and Agency & Anti-Manipulation to one specific deception — inventing the "before" in order to sell the "after" — and so protects a Human's ability to judge a deal on true information.
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