In article , 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.
>
> 2. How come there are so few internet cafes? I eventually happened on one,
> by sheer chance, in
> West 33rd Street.
How many people were using it ?
jay
Sat Oct 22, 2005
mailto:gofig@mac.com
> In European cities they are plentiful. One would have
> thought that with the
> amount of visitors to NYC there would be a ready market for many more of
> them in the city.
>
> 3. What's with all the honking? If traffic is held up for an instant there
> is a cacophany of car horns
> being sounded. Again, not something one hears in most European cities.
>
> John,
> Ireland
>
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