I mean, as a European: have you visited the US and noticed that they don’t even include tax within the price (meaning you’ll pay more at checkout since that’s where it only appears)? It’s ridiculous, most countries include VAT within the price of their goods and services but. At least within the EU, VAT is included within the price making it final without any arithmetic.

  • TachyonTele@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Because the sales tags are printed nationwide by companies. And local businesses aren’t going to try and figure out the tax by themselves.

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          In EU they handle this by showing a bunch of prices on the same price tag. You choose the correct line according to where you are located and the price stands there.

          Not very difficult.

          And, most.importantly, done by all US clothes stores that operate in at least two countries in the EU.

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          And? That doesn’t matter if the store prints them on location. Printing tags isn’t rocket science.