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Re: Jeers: Dealers' pick and choosing PayPal and/or merchant services regulations
Being English myself, I am constantly amazed when just about every store across North America makes a big deal of rounding down the price of something. The big sign might say it' $19.99, but you know full well that, once tax has been slapped on, you ain't gonna have change from a twenty.
All governments charge tax. It's just that traders in North America try to make the item seem like it will cost less than it does.
Onto next rant: what bugs me more than this is the way some online merchants try to draw you in with a low-low price, which they recoup with sky-high mail order costs. It's sleazy.
RAF_Groundcrew said:Actually, I find this amusing... I'm in Britain, and we currently have a 17.5% rate of VAT (sales tax), this applies to anything bought in the UK, whether in person or by mail. The total price at a store is displayed including sales tax, and that is what people expect to pay.
Being English myself, I am constantly amazed when just about every store across North America makes a big deal of rounding down the price of something. The big sign might say it' $19.99, but you know full well that, once tax has been slapped on, you ain't gonna have change from a twenty.
All governments charge tax. It's just that traders in North America try to make the item seem like it will cost less than it does.
Onto next rant: what bugs me more than this is the way some online merchants try to draw you in with a low-low price, which they recoup with sky-high mail order costs. It's sleazy.