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crissindahouse on 29 October 2012
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mrstickball said:
crissindahouse said:

like i said to viper, if you know that ads are without tax there is only as much confusion for you as if you see it on a price tag without and have to pay then a price you don't really know before (even if you know your tax most won't really know the exact price, not to talk about everyone who doesn't live there and want to buy something there)

no clue why ow both of you think people wouldn't understand that price tags have tax included but ads not but they understand that price tags have no tax included but they guy on the check.out tells you another price with tax then...

 

If you really need to add taxes to the sticker price so you know what you'd pay, you really need to get more math education. Its really not a big deal in the US, especially as many items are exempt from the tax (such as food).

Having said that, some businesses do pro-rate the taxes, so if the sticker price is $199.99, the real price is $199.99 less taxes, so you do in fact pay $199.99 at the counter. Its not usually done that way, though, because it assumes that the retailer is eating the cost of taxes, which most aren't.

i don't need it but there are poeple who have huge problems even for the easiest math (and if it's only 1% of those) and like i said, you can't calculate it if you don't even know what the exact tax is in that city you are right now and having to inform which tax every place you visit has just to know how much they will add to the price on the price tag does also not sound so comfortable if you could just see the exact price on the price tag (nowadays with internet and smartphones it's much easier as it was maybe 20 years ago).

but hey i already said i understood you are all ok with that so i think the discussion was long enough now.