Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes

Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by oefrha on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:44PM (#34498902)

> If you show the full price with taxes upfront, that's an astonishing level of integrity.

It’s funny, what you see is what you pay doesn’t require an astonishing level of integrity in much (most?) of the world, it’s just standard practice; instead, tacking on hidden fees not on the price tag would be unthinkable.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by TylerE on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:22AM (#34499705)

It’s really complicated in the US because we charge about 4 different kinds of sales tax (federal, state, county, city), and differing rates depending on the type of good, or even the time of year.

So like a chain store can’t include taxes in things like print ads because you could have two locations a few blocks apart that literally have different tax.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by jerrybender on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:47AM (#34500250)

The US levies no federal sales tax.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by TylerE on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:00AM (#34500368)

Not on general sales, but things that are functionally sales tax exist for things such as fuel and tobacco products.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by ciupicri on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @10:50AM (#34505105)

Though the stores themselves should display the final price, the one that you pay at the register.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by alex7734 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:15AM (#34502197)

Not just standard practice, it's mandatory, for consumer facing prices you will get shut down if you don't include tax in it (and detail how much of it is tax in the receipt)

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