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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, but because the price in the US is pre-tax the real price is around $108 which is still less than €99 but not by that much. Also, yeah USD is weakened but that also means people there are making less money so they have less purchasing power, it's common for companies to price the same thing lower on low-income countries and higher on high-income ones to compensate.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    it doesn't make sense to put only one price without tax

    americans have less purchasing power than before not than europeans

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    it doesn't make sense to put only one price without tax

    That's done because that's the norm in the USA, if you advertise a price without tax on Europe you will be legally bound to sell at that price.

    americans have less purchasing power than before not than europeans

    I didn't meant to imply that Americans have less purchasing power than Europeans (although they might, I don't know) but rather than it's common for companies to price things differently according to purchasing power and while the dollar did lose power that also means it's people lost purchasing power so it makes sense to keep it the same price instead of increasing it to compensate as otherwise they might loose sales.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Also something that might not occur to Europeans (and didn't to me when I first visited the US) is that different states each have their own tax laws and can set the tax rate independently.

    Which contributes to why it's usual to show price before tax.

    I hate it personally, but that's how it is.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    That's a stupid argument, and it's more of a thing Americans say to try to convince themselves that their system makes sense. Taxes are also different in different EU countries, some companies have different prices on different countries because of it, while others prefer to advertise to the whole community as a single market. Regardless, the price they advertise is the price you pay, otherwise it's called false advertising.

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