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submitted 6 days ago by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Watching a documentary, there was aremark from the journalist on how, due to how wildly taxation on goods may vary, from area to area, in the US, most retailers do not put the full prices on the shelves and instead just tally it at checkout.

This made no sense to me, a european, as when I go to any regular shop, prices already include all taxes applicable to the product.

There are specialty stores where VAT and other taxes may not be applied on the price on the shelf but those are usually wholesellers, selling for professionals, that already know what additional taxes will be added and at which rates, at checkout.

Not having the full price you'll be paying, on display, seems very underhanded and a bad practice. The client should know how much they are going to pay from the moment they pick an item.

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[-] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

people usually just say the pre tax price and everyone already knows the sales tax. Sometimes people say the total, but that’s usually for smaller items. For example:

A sandwich from a deli costs like $11 total and that’s what they’d say.

A video game costs 59.99 and people would say it’s $60, but everyone knows it’ll really be like $66.

this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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