I walked into a store one day looking at new tablets. The salesperson (one of the owner's sons) came up and extolled the virtues of whatever tablet I looked at. This went on for a good half-hour. I eventually asked how much for my choice. I was told an amount that I considered too much. I thanked him for his time and told him I was going to see his competitor across the street. The competitor saw where I was coming from and immediately brought me to his tablet section and quoted a price that was much more in line with my perceived value of the item. I purchased it.
I also returned to the original store and mentioned to the owner that I would have been glad to purchase there if he had reasonable rates to begin with.
I mentioned this to some friends of mine who later went to the same original store and found that the prices had been adjusted appropriately.
The moral of my story.....nothing...just bored and thought I'd tell a story....
...it is a true story... Store owners SHOULD adjust their prices to an appropriate level if they want to stay in business...and there is absolutely nothing ethically wrong with it.
BTW, the store was in Dubai. It seems that some here have a sense of privilege...they think that they are OWED a sale without having to follow the tenets of capitalism.... and resort to trying to guilt those who don't buy from them, instead of providing a better service and enticing more customers...