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Subject: Re: Some Minor Annoyances with New York City Posted on: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 09:56:23 EDT

carrigman wrote:

> A brilliant city and a great place to visit but....
>
> 1. Why can't the marked prices on things include the NYC sales tax? It's
> annoying when you
> see something for sale for, say, 9.99 only to find you have to pay an
> additional 8% or whatever
> extra. In Europe the marked price is inclusive of all taxes. NYC should
> catch up.

That may be true in Europe, but I don't think it's true ANYWHERE in the
US. Why should NYC be different in that respect from the rest of the US?