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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:02:08 PM
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I've had stuff on Amazon I had to add 2-3 extra dollars to the amount because of it most recently Digimon World DS.

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Glob
05/12/24 11:05:19 PM
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No because tax is included in the price in most countries.
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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:05:46 PM
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Glob posted...
No because tax is included in the price in most countries.
Not on Amazon.

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ironman2009
05/12/24 11:05:59 PM
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nah, i understand how buying things works.

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gamepimp12
05/12/24 11:06:16 PM
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Nope. Because I know the states sales tax

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buddah86
05/12/24 11:07:08 PM
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Glob posted...
No because tax is included in the price in most countries.
This.

I'd be so pissed if I saw the ticket price, went to the register and they suddenly told me I owed more.

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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:19:35 PM
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buddah86 posted...


I'd be so pissed if I saw the ticket price, went to the register and they suddenly told me I owed more.
Amazon doesn't show tax until you have enough to pay including tax.

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ooger
05/12/24 11:21:06 PM
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No, because I can do math.

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Glob
05/12/24 11:22:28 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
Not on Amazon.

Always has been when Ive shopped on there.
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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:24:44 PM
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Glob posted...
Always has been when Ive shopped on there.
I usually use gift cards and they literally won't let you go to order summery unless you have the full amount needed. And the tax is shown on order summery.

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hockeybabe89
05/12/24 11:27:05 PM
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No, because I don't buy things with allowance

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ooger
05/12/24 11:27:49 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
I usually use gift cards
LOL, are you running phone scams, or what?

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Glob
05/12/24 11:28:34 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
I usually use gift cards and they literally won't let you go to order summery unless you have the full amount needed. And the tax is shown on order summery.

As Ive said, in most countries, the tax is included in the price. You see the breakdown in order summary but the price doesnt change.
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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:29:20 PM
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ooger posted...
LOL, are you running phone scams, or what?
No I don't have a credit card so I have to use Gift Cards if I want to put money on there independently of my parents.

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nekrodev
05/12/24 11:29:46 PM
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not really. sales tax here isn't awful, and most online stuff doesn't really properly apply it anyway.

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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:31:29 PM
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Glob posted...
As Ive said, in most countries, the tax is included in the price. You see the breakdown in order summary but the price doesnt change.
Look I literally put the item in my cart 20 minutes ago. The price shown on the menu when you select a product to put in your cart has the base price and shipping but no tax.

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LeoRavus
05/12/24 11:32:14 PM
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If I didn't have enough money to go $2-3 over the list price I probably wouldn't have tried to buy it in the first place

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ooger
05/12/24 11:33:54 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
No I don't have a credit card so I have to use Gift Cards if I want to put money on there independently of my parents.
Do they not let you have a credit card?

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Full_Pokedex
05/12/24 11:34:24 PM
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ooger posted...
Do they not let you have a credit card?
Would you let me have one?

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Kai_Laguna
05/12/24 11:36:52 PM
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No, I generally round up to the next ten for anything over $50 to account for that stuff.
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ooger
05/12/24 11:37:14 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
Would you let me have one?
LOL, touche.

Maybe you can use a sales tax calculator like this guy to help you out in the future.

https://www.avalara.com/taxrates/en/calculator.html

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Glob
05/12/24 11:37:25 PM
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Full_Pokedex posted...
Look I literally put the item in my cart 20 minutes ago. The price shown on the menu when you select a product to put in your cart has the base price and shipping but no tax.

How are you still not getting the in most countries part?
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PraetorXyn
05/12/24 11:38:02 PM
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To The point I couldnt buy it? No. To the point it hurt? Yes. Anything expensive enough will have tax that hurts.

Its nothing compared to the absurd regressive VAT taxes a lot of the world has to deal with though.

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LeoRavus
05/12/24 11:44:04 PM
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In the US sales tax varies by state/region. From 0% in Delaware to crazy high in NYC and California.

I can have Amazon items shipped to a locker in Delaware and pay 0 sales tax. If I ship them to my house I pay 6% because I'm in another state.

That's why we don't see tax calculated until checkout.

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PraetorXyn
05/12/24 11:47:12 PM
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LeoRavus posted...
In the US sales tax varies by state/region. From 0% in Delaware to crazy high in NYC and California.

I can have Amazon items shipped to a locker in Delaware and pay 0 sales tax. If I ship them to my house I pay 6% because I'm in another state.

That's why we don't see tax calculated until checkout.
Its more than that. There is also sales tax at the county level, sometimes at the town / city level. So if an outfit like Wal-Mart is pushing out price updates to all these stores all over the place, that would be a pain.

But just wanting to make prices look lower to sucker people into buying more is definitely part of it.

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Ivany2008
05/12/24 11:47:56 PM
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Yep, welcome to Canada, where everything is ridiculously overtaxed.
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LeoRavus
05/12/24 11:50:25 PM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Its more than that. There is also sales tax at the county level, sometimes at the town / city level. So if an outfit like Wal-Mart is pushing out price updates to all these stores all over the place, that would be a pain.

But just wanting to make prices look lower to sucker people into buying more is definitely part of it.

Yeah that's why I added region. Tax depends on the address you give them at the end.

Apparently in other parts of the world the whole country pays the same amount of tax so they just include it in the price.

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orcus_snake
05/13/24 9:03:16 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
In the US sales tax varies by state/region. From 0% in Delaware to crazy high in NYC and California.

I can have Amazon items shipped to a locker in Delaware and pay 0 sales tax. If I ship them to my house I pay 6% because I'm in another state.

That's why we don't see tax calculated until checkout.

does that count as tax evasion?

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Ratchetrockon
05/13/24 10:12:17 AM
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nah


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