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Does the average american, when naming a price of any given item, takes into account taxes or disregards it? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it's shitty, but we also know it's gonna happen. It's not like it's a surprise. Sometimes you might get a little extra sticker shock but it's not as underhanded as it seems unless you're very new to the process. The same way we tip, I just assume I'm gonna pay ~30% more than the price due to tax and tip.

I've also never had to budget so much that the specifics of the tax mattered to me, like I've never had to stretch money like that, so that could be part of it.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Usually no. Taxes are different depending on where you buy. We expect there to be 5 to 9% added on at checkout.

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

if the price is close to the amount of cash i have on me then i might. usually sales tax is around 7-10% so if i'm in a place where it's higher that gets annoying.

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