WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight

Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by refurb on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:19AM (#37701585)

I’m imaging it’s because states and even cities can have differing sales tax rates.

Hard to advertise to a wide audience when the final price after tax is one of 12 different prices depending on where they live.

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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by extraduder_ire on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:15AM (#37702027)

That's a weak justification to apply to prices listed right where the product is sold. Like, if one uses a sticker gun to put a price tag on a product itself.

I don't know of any US businesses other than waffle house that always include all taxes in the listed price, however.

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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by refurb on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:02AM (#37703506)

There are laws against adding in taxes on listed prices in places like NJ, likely others as well.

Regardless, I'm not sure why people consider it such a big deal. It's consistent across the board and it's relatively basic math to estimate what the total would be.

I've lived in places that do it both ways and it's a non-issue.

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