I was surprised when I went to the US and had to pay taxes on everything I bought. On a logical level, I know I pay sales tax in Europe too, but it’s all integr

I was surprised when I went to the US and had to pay taxes on everything I bought. On a logical level, I know I pay sales tax in Europe too, but it’s all integrated into the price tag of items so on a more psychological level it doesn’t really feel like the tax is there. Compare that to the US where you pick up a few items in a store, mentally add up an approximate price you have to pay and the cashier asks for significantly more. I’ve also noticed some products sold internationally will have very similar prices in the US and EU, probably because the company wants to hit some certain price for marketing reasons, but the EU price has the taxes included in it.