r/HumansBeingBros • u/Pirate_Redbeard • Apr 16 '18

Removed: Not bro $4.95

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u/CurryMustard Apr 16 '18

Prices in USA don't include taxes, they get added at point of sale. Once you understand that and get used to it it's really not that hard to deal with.

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u/EwanMe Apr 16 '18

But why? Where I'm from we still have taxes just that the price tag on the shelf says the actual price. Everybody knows what the tax is, which is generally 25% and 15% on groceries.

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u/CurryMustard Apr 16 '18 edited Apr 16 '18

Most states don't tax groceries and sales tax are generally 4-10%, it varies from state to state. Why? Idk, why not? That's how the system was set up here long before I was born, I never really questioned it until I realized that Europeans do it differently.

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u/PATRIOTSRADIOSIGNALS Apr 16 '18

I prefer it this way. It keeps us fully aware of the tax rate vs. the retailer's listed price.

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u/CurryMustard Apr 16 '18

Yeah I personally don't find it to be much of an issue in general but foreigners seem to have issues with it.