WiiU deluxe is not $349.99

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UltimateUnknown said:

wfz said:

UltimateUnknown said:

I never understood how the American transactions worked. When you say $60 for a game, so that is without paying tax? How much is the total cost of the game then when you include tax? Also is this for every purchase you make besides gaming related items because it does feel like a huge inconvenience to have to calculate the tax of whatever you are thinking of buying?

This is very new to me because in the UK whenever we see the price of something, it is always tax inclusive, so we always know exactly how much we have to pay overall when we see the price tag.

No prices, on any commodity (as far as I'm aware), include tax. Since tax is different from state to state, it's easier to add it on after the fact.

Can't they just make a law where retailers would just add the tax to the price tag depending on which state they were in. I don't see how that can be too difficult. Maybe for online retailers it might be a bit more complicated, but I'm sure the online retailer could just add the tax into the tag depending on where the person is visiting from (I do understand there might be a few problems with this).

Perhaps I'm making a fuss out of something many Americans don't even care about. In fact the taxes on items were so low during the times I visited the States that I barely even noticed they were deducting taxes. Much nicer than having to pay like 20% taxes over here.

Taxes are changed often.  Like I said, you can have state, county and city taxes.  Not only can that be touhg to keep up with changing sticker prices but iamgine how advertising would work.   You'd have to make a new ad for every single city in the US because what the cost may be in 1 city may not be the same just 5 miles down the road.