Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this.

• DesolateMood@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can comprehend it, but I’m certainly not happy about it

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  • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    sane

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    • DesolateMood@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sane

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      • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        🎶Insane in the taxbrain🎶

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      • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        🔔

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• damnedfurry@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All there is to comprehend is that the US contains states that have distinct sales tax laws.

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  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There is zero reason that can’t be on the price tag.

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    • damnedfurry@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There isn’t zero reason, you’re just unwilling to accept the reasons.

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      • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Prices tags are normally prepared using computers which are famously good at maths. Here in the UK, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have different rules for tax on certain products and yet everything is advertised with the final price.

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  • 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.

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    • 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?

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  • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So does Europe.

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    • damnedfurry@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Europe is not a country, and Germany is not a state.

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      • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Germany certainly is a state if you use the right definition.

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      • Pogbom@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But the point is the same right? Whether you call them countries or states or counties or municipalities, there are multiple levels of government with their own distinct tax structures, but Europe has no problem displaying the final sale price on their tags. Why would this be harder to implement in the US than in Europe?

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  • 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.

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