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Anon creates a business plan (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 14 hours ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 82 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Not being an American the whole idea of not including tax in the stated price just seems so alien. You expect me to work out what 12.5% of my bill is on the fly as I'm shopping? Fuck you, that's your job. You are the one actually paying the tax to the government, you work it out

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 55 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Also "They took my card". That is apparently an American thing.

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

In Canada, they have the wireless chip readers everywhere. It was nice since a large chunk of stolen credit cards are when employees scan it before charging it.

Some places in the USA is starting to do the same thing. But yes, the US is way behind.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hell we still sign a receipt an we only just got them chips recently

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Do you guys still do the hilarious chip & sign thing or have you finally switched to using a PIN?

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, the former. This country mannnn

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You think that's hilarious? There are a lot of places in the world that still do a manual shhk-shhk of a card only a few years ago. Now that most cards don't have raised digits, they'll write it down. If they even take a card.

Places where the Internet goes down if it rains and there is no mobile service. Imagine the horror.

The other side of the coin - paying with debit (which has a pin) is stupid in the US. Unless you can't control your spending, credit card is the way to go for every legal purchase you don't mind being tied to you forever. CCs have far superior consumer protection than the law.

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 12 points 9 hours ago

You are the one actually paying the tax to the government, you work it out

Also they would only have to do it once per item, shoppers have to do it every time!