Not only can Americans comprehend it, they actively choose for it to be this way. Macys tried to switch to straight forward pricing and it did not go well for them so they switched back to their bs sales.
Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can buy a coffee mug with a $9.99 price tag, the be asked to pay $10.74 at the register. The German mind cannot comprehend this
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Imo it only works if everyone does it at the same time and if it’s implemented by legislation enforcing it. If one company does it, their competitors can take advantage of the perceived differences.
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They could also first have both prices and slowly make the “before taxes” less noticeable over years
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I thought that was JC Pennys
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I stopped off in Oregon once for some McDonald’s. My total ended up being $8.00 exactly and I let out a little smile and told the cashier ‘wow perfect, what are the chances’
She looked at me like I was an idiot, and I learned some things about Oregon that day.
peregrin5@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
neither can the Oregonian mind
Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
A lot of germany has deposits actually, so an extra 25-50 cents on top for cans and glass bottles
uzay@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Which are only added in fine print on the price tag usually. But it’s more like 8-25 cents for cans, most plastic bottles, and some glass bottles.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Oregon has entered the chat
FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not any sane mind can comprehend this.
DesolateMood@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I can comprehend it, but I’m certainly not happy about it
FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
DesolateMood@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All there is to comprehend is that the US contains states that have distinct sales tax laws.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There is zero reason that can’t be on the price tag.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There isn’t zero reason, you’re just unwilling to accept the reasons.
Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
None of these a reasons the store, which posts it’s own prices and barcodes, can’t just include the total on the tag, or better yet set the price to the nearest whole number (or division of .10/.25) and take the tax out of that full amount. I know because I live in the midwest, I worked in retail/grocery store and our store piloted a test program of doing exactly that. Customers were incredibly happy and our overall sales actual went up because people who didn’t normally shop with us started to because it was easier to budget.
We got shut down by corporate beancounters who were freaking out because we were supposedly making less money. Except our sales and profits were up for the 8 weeks we demo’d the program and 4 weeks after we were forced to stop sales dropped below our year-on-year average. Literally forced to stop a program that benefited the customer and retailer because corporate greed couldn’t tolerate the customer not being screwed.
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
This is why being autistic feels like being from outer space. Everyone around me seems either utterly incompetent (decision makers) or fucking complacent (everyone going along with this bullshit).
Can we get some adults in charge who make decisions based on sense and data instead of greed and vibes?
Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
So does Europe.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Europe is not a country, and Germany is not a state.
Hugin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And counties that have their own sales taxes. So not even within the state is the rate the same.