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You might (not) be surprised to hear this is a US centric practice. In Australia this behaviour would fall foul of consumer protection laws. Our Consumer protec
by evolve2k 6y ago
You might (not) be surprised to hear this is a US centric practice. In Australia this behaviour would fall foul of consumer protection laws. Our Consumer protection act and government body has real teeth and these practices would fail the requirement not to engage is misleading and deceptive practices.
- shadowmore 6y agoThis just reminds me of how we ship meat from the US to China for processing and then back, then slap "US Raised" on it to avoid suspicion.
- buzzerbetrayed 6y agoMind explaining more to someone who has never heard of this?
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoIt's pretty common to ship chicken to china for processing since the cost of shipping is lower than labor... however since it was raised in the US, it's totally legal to say "US Raised Chickens"
- steve_adams_86 6y agoThis just screams race to the bottom to me. There is absolutely no accounting for externalities. I need to look into whether or not Canada does this.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agohttps://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/tyson-foods-cleared-to-ship-poultry-to-china-from-all-u-s-plants/ https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/tyson-fo... Not sure if it happens in Canada...
- rootusrootus 6y agoDid you read the article? They are exporting chicken to China to be consumed there, not processed and shipped back.
- Retric 6y agoIt’s actually extremely rare. As of 2018 there where 4 Chinese processing plants that took chickens killed and frozen in the US, thawed them out for processing, and then froze them again and shipped them back to the US. Bulk freight shipping is generally cheap, but shipping frozen goods across the Pacific Ocean twice adds up.
- mofosyne 6y agoMight be cheap in monitary terms but... not sure it's as energy efficient. What's the environmental impact?
- klipt 6y agoOcean freight is extremely energy efficient isn't it? Much cheaper than overland trucking for the same distance and weight?
- DamnYuppie 6y agoThis argument falls apart once you realize that the meat is taken to and from the ships via trucks and rail.
- jojobas 6y agoMoney is energy. You hire an American and he consumes twice as much energy, and produces twice as much emissions, compared to a Chinese.
- xx789 6y agohttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/china-chicken-reshipped/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/china-chicken-reshipped/
- bpodgursky 6y agoGiven how many US slaughterhouses there are, I'm a little skeptical this is common practice. Could you find some #s?
- rootusrootus 6y agoIt's an urban legend.
- jlglover 6y agoIt was a real shock when I moved to the U.S. and the posted price on items didn't match with what I actually had to pay. In Australia, the posted price is the price, and must "include any tax, duty, fee, levy or other additional charges"
- ars 6y agoThat's mostly because local sales tax makes it very hard to advertise a price - each small locality might have a different tax level, and a different final price. So if you are trying to send a mailer or run a tv ad, what price do you do? That's different from fees that don't vary by location, like in this article.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoI worked in a grocery store in a state that taxes food. Sometimes bottlers would have a giveaways with prizes revealed under the cap. A free soda being the most common. These were redeemed as a 100% off coupon but we still had to collect a penny in tax.
- davchana 6y agoNot to criticize anything, but India too have similar structure like US, Federal Tax is Central Tax, State Tax is State Tax, City tax is known as Octrai Tax. Even then, anything & everything has MRP sticker or print, Maximum Retail Price, which includes everything. Shops at places with lower tax sells at lower rate, or not, but everything which gets uts price advertised is advertised at MRP.
- ncallaway 6y agoIf their POS system can charge you the correct amount at the cash register, it could also print the price label that goes on the shelf. If this were the law all retail businesses would be able to comply and it wouldn't even be a significant burden.
- M2Ys4U 6y agoI'm not in the US, but I assume that the shop calculates the correct taxes at the till, right? So what's stopping them putting tax-inclusive prices on shelves or on stickers on the items themselves?
- leephillips 6y agoI'm not really surprised. In the US we've been trained to expect that what we will wind up paying will be higher than the posted or advertised price.
- rootusrootus 6y agoNot everywhere. I pay the posted price, not a penny more.
- leephillips 6y agoDo you live in a state without state sales tax?
- selestify 6y agoYou mean without sales tax?
- leephillips 6y agoYes, sorry. Fixed with an edit.
- rootusrootus 6y agoI do indeed. I understand the frustration with going to the checkout and having to pay more than you expect, because I feel that whiplash every time I go somewhere with a sales tax. I'm used to the bill being exactly what it said when I picked up <whatever thing> off the shelf.
- xx789 6y agoIts quite amazing to leave North America, go to a restaurant, order a meal that's $10 on the menu and pay $10. Incredible.
- lawl 6y ago> You might (not) be surprised to hear this is a US centric practice. In Australia this behaviour would fall foul of consumer protection laws. And i'm pretty sure every single country in europe, and from my limited experience in asia, probably in most countries there too.
- arwhatever 6y agoU.S. citizen, but have lived and traveled abroad extensively. Each time I return, the barely letter-of-the-law scams that permeate our economy and culture are a huge aggravation and disappointment. I know a lot of other people who also do extensive, long-term travel and who express similar sentiments: "The whole society is organized around financially draining you" etc.