• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    So, if these prices can be so easily updated, surely the retailers can now include tax in the listed price. It’s very simple automated math of course…

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      5 months ago

      Ads are digital. The price ranges become digital. They have no excuse.

      I’m sure you’ll still get those bootlickers defending the practice of not including tax, but they will make even less sense than before.

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      5 months ago

      Wait, you’re telling me that the price on the shelf doesn’t include tax where you live?

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        5 months ago

        It’s standard in the US for the listed price to not include any taxes.

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          5 months ago

          And how about price comparison, is it mandatory for US supermarkets to display the price per unit based on a standard unit of measurement (such as per pound or per ounce or whatever metrics are used)?