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  • #46
    Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


    Dunno if I'd be welcome there I understand how it makes sense not to say + tax in the US since different areas have different taxes, but Canada does have a nationwide sales tax.
    Once again, no we don't.
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    • #47
      who ****s canada

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Kontiki


        Once again, no we don't.
        No ****...
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        • #49
          Originally posted by Kontiki
          Once again, no we don't.
          Are you playing with semantics, because GST is a tax on sales when I buy things... if it wasn't for GST I'd have no sales tax.
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          • #50
            Originally posted by Asher

            Are you playing with semantics, because GST is a tax on sales when I buy things... if it wasn't for GST I'd have no sales tax.
            Not at all. GST is applicable in most provinces, except in the Maritimes (except for PEI) which have HST (Harmonized Sales Tax, inclusive of GST). Then each province outside of the Maritimes and Alberta have seperate PST (QST in Quebec). On top of that, many provinces charge their provincal taxes on different goods. For example, in BC, children's clothing is PST exempt - not so in Ontario (and perhaps other provinces, I'm not sure). What we definitely do not have is a standardized nationwide sales tax.
            Last edited by Kontiki; September 28, 2005, 22:36.
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            • #51
              Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
              You are already taking a loss on the shoes that are just taking up space. So why add tax on top of that?
              Duuhhh, to take less of a loss?

              Do you seriously expect that advertised prices are after tax?

              In what country?
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              • #52
                Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                That's not the case in canada, where we do have a nationwide sales tax.
                Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

                Dunno if I'd be welcome there I understand how it makes sense not to say + tax in the US since different areas have different taxes, but Canada does have a nationwide sales tax.
                And then variable PSTs.
                Last edited by notyoueither; September 28, 2005, 22:50.
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                • #53
                  In Belgium shoes would usually be advertised including tax (VAT).

                  That said, I think Kenobi is whining.
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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Kontiki
                    What's special about a discounted item that it should be inclusive of tax when a regular priced item is not? And again, if you make it inclusive of tax, then the retailer is taking an even bigger hit, because they still have to fork the tax over to the government.
                    That would be illegal.

                    merchants have to be all plus tax or all including tax. Merchants are not allowed to have some items plus and others not.

                    Reasoning is that people have to be able to know what the rules are when they go to a certain store. They will not be bushwhacked by an unexpected tax in a store where 99% of the merchandise is tax in. Or so the theory goes.
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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                      Well, see how you feel when the shoes come to 102.69 after tax, and all you have on you is the gift card for 100 dollars.
                      Don't you have an ATM card? Just go withdraw $5 from the closest machine.
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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by Kontiki
                        Once again, no we don't.
                        Isn't there a GST at 7%?
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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by Wezil
                          Governments would absolutely love that. Consumers don't see the tax they pay...
                          This is the reason why the 18.6% VAT is called a "painless" tax in France. We only see the bottom line (in Germany, it's the same). Only somebody who really wants to calculate how much tax he pays in VAT will know at the end.
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                          • #58
                            It's 19.6% in France, and 16% in Germany.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by Urban Ranger
                              Don't you have an ATM card? Just go withdraw $5 from the closest machine.
                              Kenobi doesn't have the extra $5. Otherwise, he would have been happy to be able to use up the full $100 gift card. Rather, he was embarrased about the fact that he didn't have enough money and got angry, no matter that not having enough money is no shame. He then blamed the salesdroid for his unwarranted anger, as if the salesdroid can fix Kenobi's situation.
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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by notyoueither



                                In what country?
                                The United Kingdom. But not Canada, as I recall from my pleasurable shopping experiences there.

                                Obi Gyn should move to Scotland- they'd appreciate and recognise his brand of tightness there.
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