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They know how much to charge you at the till, therefore they know what price to put on the label. It is that simple. For webstores, require customer to disclos
by jgeada 4y ago
They know how much to charge you at the till, therefore they know what price to put on the label. It is that simple.
For webstores, require customer to disclose location so the right price can be computed; they have to do that when it comes to the billing page so it isn't novel work.
Everything else is bullshit reasoning to get away with false pricing/false advertising.
- spoils19 4y agoOkay but what happens if the tax changes, do you really expect retailers to reprint their labels every few months?
- dataflow 4y agoWhat do they do when the price of gas changes?
- LadyCailin 4y agoTaxes change every few months? Anyways, yes, I expect them to reprint them if the price changes as well, which actually is liable to happen somewhat often. If you’re worried about paper waste, they make lcd labels too, which can be reprogrammed on the fly, so you can’t even make the “reprint” argument. It’s really and truly not an unsolved problem.
- spoils19 4y agoThat doesn't sound very economically conservative or environmentally friendly. I (and many other conservative HN readers) would probably not shop if stores were to do this.
- happymellon 4y agoCompletely agree. You should vote out all these idiots who try to change your tax rates every couple of months.
- burnished 4y agoSimply, yes.
- jen20 4y agoYes.