▲ 948 ▼ FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments Aww ... poor little ISPs.
[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) It's government mandated. We have variable sales taxes on every product. And it isn't included in the 'price'. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 39 points 2 years ago (2 children) Stores can show out the door pricing of most products, they just won't. It's fairly common in the cannabis space because they don't want to make change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Depends on the state. https://www.taxjar.com/blog/retail/can-retailer-include-sales-tax-in-the-price permalink fedilink source parent [–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Nice! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Variable taxes based on region. The rates don't change within a single store, which is where all of the labels are printed. Just print the label with the tax added. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ripcord@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right. Same excuse as the cable companies. They can clearly calculate the price easily when you get the bill. They can just as easily calculate it when showing you how much it costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago That or they can just eat the very minor cost difference in each region permalink fedilink source parent [–] upstream@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago No it isn’t. But companies are certainly trying to make it so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 39 points 2 years ago (2 children) Stores can show out the door pricing of most products, they just won't. It's fairly common in the cannabis space because they don't want to make change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Depends on the state. https://www.taxjar.com/blog/retail/can-retailer-include-sales-tax-in-the-price permalink fedilink source parent [–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Nice! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago Depends on the state. https://www.taxjar.com/blog/retail/can-retailer-include-sales-tax-in-the-price permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Variable taxes based on region. The rates don't change within a single store, which is where all of the labels are printed. Just print the label with the tax added. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ripcord@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right. Same excuse as the cable companies. They can clearly calculate the price easily when you get the bill. They can just as easily calculate it when showing you how much it costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago That or they can just eat the very minor cost difference in each region permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right. Same excuse as the cable companies. They can clearly calculate the price easily when you get the bill. They can just as easily calculate it when showing you how much it costs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago That or they can just eat the very minor cost difference in each region permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago That or they can just eat the very minor cost difference in each region permalink fedilink source parent
[–] upstream@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago No it isn’t. But companies are certainly trying to make it so. permalink fedilink source parent