5 ms·

Which is costed into every purchase, and is (only pay of) why we pay more for everything.

maccard 6y ago
Is it? Using tech as an example, often I've found that the only difference is currency conversion and sales tax. Take the PS5 for example, it's advertised at $499 or £449. £449 is ~$580, but in the post-brexit years, it could be anywhere between $540 and $630. That number is also the actual price you pay, including sales taxes. If you're in the US, you would pay anywhere between 4% and 13.5% on top, so somewhere between $518 and $566.
- LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
  The lower bound on a made-somewhere-in-the-US is 0% additional for states with no sales tax.
  - maccard 6y ago
    I wasn't aware of that, thanks, but I don't think it changes the point that the pricing difference is roughly in line with the sales tax difference?
- kortilla 6y ago
  https://www.thebalance.com/states-without-a-sales-tax-3193305 https://www.thebalance.com/states-without-a-sales-tax-319330...
- tokamak-teapot 6y ago
  When I first bought a Mac back in about 2008 I did a price comparison as everyone was saying they were more expensive in the UK than US. It turned out this wasn’t true as every model I looked at was almost exactly the same when sales tax / VAT was taken into consideration. I was comparing to California, as that’s where I might have decided to buy instead of the UK.
  - csunbird 6y ago
    Depends on the seller and the brand. Apple does have the "almost same net price everywhere" policy, but other brands do not follow this strategy and actually do regional pricing.
    - maccard 6y ago
      The numbers between EU and us are roughly the same for nvidia, sony, microsoft, Dell, apple and lenovo from what I can see
  - lathiat 6y ago
    This is a common confusion for most countries with tax-inclusive pricing versus the US tax-exclusive system.
kennywinker 6y ago
You're acting like this isn't part of most companies business model already. Amazon's return policy? Costed into every purchase - nobody legislated that they had to do that, it just turns out a generous return policy encourages you to buy more.

Is it? Using tech as an example, often I've found that the only difference is currency conversion and sales tax. Take the PS5 for example, it's advertised at $499 or £449. £449 is ~$580, but in the post-brexit years, it could be anywhere between $540 and $630. That number is also the actual price you pay, including sales taxes. If you're in the US, you would pay anywhere between 4% and 13.5% on top, so somewhere between $518 and $566.

LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
The lower bound on a made-somewhere-in-the-US is 0% additional for states with no sales tax.
- maccard 6y ago
  I wasn't aware of that, thanks, but I don't think it changes the point that the pricing difference is roughly in line with the sales tax difference?
kortilla 6y ago
https://www.thebalance.com/states-without-a-sales-tax-3193305 https://www.thebalance.com/states-without-a-sales-tax-319330...
tokamak-teapot 6y ago
When I first bought a Mac back in about 2008 I did a price comparison as everyone was saying they were more expensive in the UK than US. It turned out this wasn’t true as every model I looked at was almost exactly the same when sales tax / VAT was taken into consideration. I was comparing to California, as that’s where I might have decided to buy instead of the UK.
- csunbird 6y ago
  Depends on the seller and the brand. Apple does have the "almost same net price everywhere" policy, but other brands do not follow this strategy and actually do regional pricing.
  - maccard 6y ago
    The numbers between EU and us are roughly the same for nvidia, sony, microsoft, Dell, apple and lenovo from what I can see
- lathiat 6y ago
  This is a common confusion for most countries with tax-inclusive pricing versus the US tax-exclusive system.

kennywinker 6y ago

You're acting like this isn't part of most companies business model already. Amazon's return policy? Costed into every purchase - nobody legislated that they had to do that, it just turns out a generous return policy encourages you to buy more.