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> In San Francisco, if you sit down at a restaurant, take the written prices on the menu and multiply them by 1.5 to get what you'll actually be paying. Is thi
by mynameisvlad 7y ago
> In San Francisco, if you sit down at a restaurant, take the written prices on the menu and multiply them by 1.5 to get what you'll actually be paying.
Is this anything other than taxes and gratuity (which, technically, you can give 0% for)? I'm trying to understand how even with 20% gratuity and SF's 8.5% tax, how you could get anywhere close to 1.5.
> Amazon has items for less than $10, but most items with a price between $0.01-$9.99 have to sell for $10.00 for their free shipping economics to work. That's notwithstanding the fee that your license to buy, i.e. Prime, cost you.
Amazon actually now will give you a longer ETA on cheap items to make it more affordable for them.
- splonk 7y ago>> In San Francisco, if you sit down at a restaurant, take the written prices on the menu and multiply them by 1.5 to get what you'll actually be paying. >Is this anything other than taxes and gratuity (which, technically, you can give 0% for)? I'm trying to understand how even with 20% gratuity and SF's 8.5% tax, how you could get anywhere close to 1.5. It's mostly hyperbole. There's an additional 4-6% charge that's fairly common to see for "SF employer mandate" which is sort of BS in its own way, but that only gets you up to a bit over 1.3x.
- mynameisvlad 7y agoAh, ok, similar to the service charge concept that's common around Seattle in lieu of tips. I haven't been to the Bay in over a year, wasn't sure if something's changed since.
- tick_tock_tick 7y agoSF has a half dozen extra taxes that aren't listed on menus. It's not quite 1.5x bad but they aren't too far off.
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- traek 7y agoMost restaurants have an additional percent charge to provide healthcare or other benefits to their workers.