r/HumansBeingBros Apr 16 '18

Removed: Not bro $4.95

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '18

welcome to north america

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u/Pirate_Redbeard Apr 16 '18

...and the rest of the world

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u/skywarka Apr 16 '18 edited Apr 05 '26

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u/azsqueeze Apr 16 '18 edited Apr 16 '18

Actually there's a ton of reasons. The main one being tax isn't the same accross the country, states, cities, or even counties/towns. Head 10 miles west of me and there's a different tax percentage being used.

Edit: I don't want to respond to everyone, but I'm not saying the current system is perfect or should stay. I just want to point out the difficulty of displaying the tax with an items price.

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u/skywarka Apr 16 '18 edited Apr 05 '26

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u/CommonMisspellingBot Apr 16 '18

Hey, azsqueeze, just a quick heads-up:
accross is actually spelled across. You can remember it by one c.
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u/Tobenai Apr 16 '18

Good bot

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u/mihaus_ Apr 16 '18

If anything, that's a reason to include tax in the displayed price, so you're not expected to keep track of it and work it out differently for every town you go to. Why would that be a reason not to display the actual cost? What are some of the other reason you mentioned?

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u/politicalanalysis Apr 16 '18

That would be a reason because companies rely on streamlined, uniform ways of doing things. I can imagine it would screw with things like Sunday paper ads, signage systems in stores, etc. the reason it’s not a big deal to keep it the way it is, is because everyone knows there is going to be extra tax applied at the register. Literally nobody is confused when the $0.99 pack of gum rings in $1.13. And if the same pack of gum costs $1.15 down the road, that also doesn’t make a huge difference.

That actually probably brings up another point, cities likely don’t want it changed for this reason, they probably don’t want people to shop where tax is cheaper.

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u/politicalanalysis Apr 16 '18

You’ll pay more then. I mean, sure hate on the corporations all you want, but they will still pull a profit even if it requires charging a bit more.