Keep the customer satisfied

[KrazyHorse]

Ah, then it's QST that's not charged in Quebec on books

At any rate, the GST's been here for 12 years

I'm not sure when BC got a PST, but you'd think that you'd have gotten used to what gets taxed and what doesn't at the register.

Now stop whining and give me twenty.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

GST and PST for books here in BC.

Wrong again. No PST on books and magazines in BC.

http://www.rev.gov.bc.ca/ctb/publications/brochures/bcsales.htm

[Ben Kenobi]

I stand corrected. Thanks Kontiki.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Isn't there a GST at 7%?

He's playing with semantics.

In Alberta, the only sales tax is the GST, a value-added federal sales tax. To say we have no federal sales tax is a lie, regardless of semantics of exceptions in some provinces.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Asher

He's playing with semantics.

In Alberta, the only sales tax is the GST, a value-added federal sales tax. To say we have no federal sales tax is a lie, regardless of semantics of exceptions in some provinces.

I'm not playing with semantics at all. The point was adding tax to the price because we have a country-wide sales tax. That's wrong because:

A) Given different PSTs (or QST), the total amount of tax varies from province to province.

B) PSTs are not uniformly levied on the same products.

C) Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland have HST, which includes GST. However, given that all HST remittances go to the federal government, it's not as simple as parsing the two out.

[Imran Siddiqui]

@ Ben

Putting aside he's been living in Canada where there is tax added on top... HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN THE US?!

Jeez Louise! Tax added after the advertised price is standard here in any state of the Union. To ***** and moan about it is utter lunacy!

And *****ing about having to pay a $1.50 fee to take out $5 from an ATM to get 2 shoes at a HUGE discount?!

Btw, when is the last time you used your reasoning capabilities

[notyoueither]

We don't advertise tax in prices because...

National advertising would not work. The $107 tool at Canadian Tire in Calgary would be a $115 tool in Vancouver, $121 in Regina, $119 in Winnipeg, and so on (numbers made up as I don't know the PST amounts.

So, the nationals will not advertise tax in. Thus the regionals won't either. It rolls down hill and the local mom and pops would be insane to advertise tax in.

In countries where there in no regional tax on top of the national (most of Europe, if not all, I would imagine) it would be more feasable to include taxes in prices, but not here and not in the US.

And Ben, any business that is not collecting taxes is breaking the law. How moral is that? Render onto Caesar...

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And *****ing about having to pay a $1.50 fee to take out $5 from an ATM to get 2 shoes at a HUGE discount?!

I'm wondering why he says he would have had to use an ATM. I have not seen a bank card that wouldn't go through merchant POS equipment for a very long time.

[Ben Kenobi]

NYE, the merchant with interac charged a 1.50 fee to use the interac machine, which is in explicit violation of their interac contract. That's why the fee was there. As for declining to pay taxes, I see plenty of businesses that would not be operating otherwise. I used to work for one as a delivery driver that came up with a rather roundabout scheme to pay employees over the counter, so that they would not have to pay taxes on their income, and neither would the employees.

[Imran Siddiqui]

[q=Ben Kenobi] I used to work for one as a delivery driver that came up with a rather roundabout scheme to pay employees over the counter, so that they would not have to pay taxes on their income, and neither would the employees.[/q]

ie, TAX FRAUD!

[Asher]

Originally posted by notyoueither
We don't advertise tax in prices because...

National advertising would not work. The $107 tool at Canadian Tire in Calgary would be a $115 tool in Vancouver, $121 in Regina, $119 in Winnipeg, and so on (numbers made up as I don't know the PST amounts.

Yes, God forbind we be honest that that tool WILL cost less in Calgary than Vancouver.

The price on the item should be the price you pay, period. It's just more honest.

[Kontiki]

It has nothing to do with honesty, and everything to do with feasability. As nye said, the total tax bill varies wildly depending on where you are and what you are buying. I know you're oddly proud that Alberta doesn't have PST, but that just makes the province different like all the others. I really don't think they're duping anyone by not including the tax in the price (except, apparently, Ben). And I don't think there would suddenly be a line up at the Alberta border if it were advertised that the net price of something was less there.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Kontiki
It has nothing to do with honesty, and everything to do with feasability. As nye said, the total tax bill varies wildly depending on where you are and what you are buying.

The total bill varies wildly depending on where you are and what you are buying.

The price on the item should be the price you pay, with taxes included.

Federally, this should be mandated. It has everything to do with honesty, if we all know 7% is being added to the price of items, it should be on the damn price tag.

I really don't care if people in Ontario pay 15% more. The item pricetags will just be 8% higher in Ontario than Alberta, and lo and behold, that's the difference in actual cost as well.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Not really. In better stores, you can haggle on price somewhat.

Maybe, but that wasn't the point, as I was referring to him trying to get cash for his gift card, which was silly.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
No, I'd just shop elsewhere, like at Walmart. I'd sell the card to one of my younger brothers so they could use it, and then I'd go spend some of the money on a pair of shoes.

That would be less time-consuming and frustrating than talking to a manager for a few minutes? You're very, very weird.

You indicated the shoes were nice (nicer than you'd get for a cheaper price at Walmart) and the sale price was a huge bargain. An extra $2.69 hardly makes them less of a bargain, even if it means leaving to get cash and come back.