• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
    313·
    10 months ago

    Nowadays, yes. However, that wasn’t always the case. People got used to tax not being included and there has never been a big push to change that.

    • kaktus@feddit.nl
      22·
      10 months ago

      So instead of calculating the price once and putting it on the sign, they calculate it every time a customer shows up at the register. Sure sounds way easier.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        53·
        10 months ago

        Or they print out consistent signs across a region, advertise to it, and take care of the sales tax to handle it.

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      10 months ago

      Again, they calculated the price at the checkout, so they could also have done it for the price tag. It is not a valid excuse in the slightest. Its only purpose is to obfuscate the actual price of an item and confuse the customer about the actual price of an item.