• rmuk@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        1 day ago

        Prices tags are normally prepared using computers which are famously good at maths. Here in the UK, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have different rules for tax on certain products and yet everything is advertised with the final price.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          1 day ago

          I would love tax-included pricing (or maybe VAT?), though from what I know:

          TV ads, sponsorship spots, circulars all complicate this.

          • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            20 hours ago

            TV ads usually don’t mention pricing for national brands. Local ads like circulars are generally for just one store anyway. All of this would be low effort to do. The only reason they don’t is it tricks people into spending more than they want.

          • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            23 hours ago

            Prices are printed on packaging for many things too, books, magazines, bags of potatoe chips.

            So then stores would have to cover the manufacturer price with a higher one just in their store. Which is a waste of time and material if you can just condition a population to ignore the price jump at the register.