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I’m more sympathetic to this. There are plenty of cases where the tax rate is a solid “it depends”. For example, in some places a cold burrito is a non-taxable
by kstrauser 3y ago
I’m more sympathetic to this. There are plenty of cases where the tax rate is a solid “it depends”. For example, in some places a cold burrito is a non-taxable grocery item and a hot burrito is a taxable meal. A local place here has one tax rate if you order your pie boxed up to go (grocery) and another if you ask for a fork and eat it there (meal). It’s a Schrôdinger’s tax where you don’t know what it’s going to be until you check out.
- voisin 3y agoAnd these categories aren’t known until you check out? Come on…
- kstrauser 3y agoI honestly don’t know all of them. Those are 2 examples I’m aware of.
- exe34 3y agoThey can still label them correctly. Here we have Tesco normal prices like £20 for a sandwich, £3 with a clubcard, and they just write both prices together.
- kstrauser 3y agoBut that’s not “£20 unless you microwave it, and then it’s £25”, is my point. Also, that better be a helluva sandwich.
- pseudalopex 3y ago> “£20 unless you microwave it, and then it’s £25” You just showed it can be written easily.
- exe34 3y ago£20 (£25 microwaved)
- Ekaros 3y agoItem: (Served) (cold takeway) Buritto: 25£ 20£ See trivial...
- Tor3 3y agoAnd that's exactly how e.g. coffee is priced in various coffee shops in Europe: Two prices, One is served, the other is takeaway.
- exe34 3y agoIt's the way they get you to hand over your information with the clubcard.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoCalifornia is implementing income based pricing for home utilities provided by private companies. I don't think it is impossible that they will try to do the same for groceries. The cost of beans would then depend on your income tax bracket