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FWIW I've been in tens of countries and the only place which does not include taxing in the price was the US. Regarding the other subject in your comment, I th

• maxxxxx 12y ago
  I also don't like that in the US you never can tell how much something will cost you at the end. I remember on my first trip I had one dollar left, bought candy and at the cashier was was told it would actually be 1.09. Same for cell phone planes and internet. There are always seemingly random charges added to the final price.
• ars 12y ago
  > I've been in tens of countries and the only place which does not include taxing in the price was the US. You need to visit more countries then. The reason for not including the price is that taxes can vary by city. Which makes is impossible to place an advertisement that lists the price in a wide area. Any country that has local sales tax will be like the US in this. And I personally think the US should just round to the tens place and forget both the nickel (5 cent) and the penny entirely. They'll have to issue a new coin in place of the quarter (25 cent) so it'll never happen, but it would be nice.
  • corin_ 12y ago
    I've been to ~15 countries in Europe, a couple in Asia and the USA. The latter was the only place I've witnessed it. That's not to say it's the only place it happens, but it certainly seems anecdotally to be a rarity. Maybe instead of a snide reply to your parent comment you could've given an example of another country than the US to have this issue caused by regionalised sales tax differences?
    • ars 12y ago
      Canada.