• rmuk@feddit.uk
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    2 days 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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      2 days ago

      I would love tax-included pricing (or maybe VAT?), though from what I know:

      TV ads, sponsorship spots, circulars all complicate this.

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        2 days ago

        Prices are printed on packaging for many things too, books, magazines, bags of potatoe chips.

        So then stores would have to cover the manufacturer price with a higher one just in their store. Which is a waste of time and material if you can just condition a population to ignore the price jump at the register.