On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:20:39 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

>  Especially since
> the tax tends to be hidden to the consumer (not in Canada, but I think
> everywhere in Europe where when the price says 200 currency units, that's
> just what you pay).

It's actually a legal requirement to show "the price you pay" here.  It really annoys me when I'm in the USA
that you go into a McD and buy a burger that's priced at $4.99, give then $5 and they look at you as if you're
raving mad...

Over here *that* would be seen as "hiding the tax", because you don't know how much you're paying until they
ring it into the till - you have to pay more than the sign says.

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

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