Saturday, 15 November 2008
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Tax at the checkout
How many americans carry a calculater with them? I have my phone that has one but it just takes way to much time to slide it up, push menu,push down,and left, so I just dont do it cuz it takes it takes about 20 secs! 
But to my point.. I can never determine the tax in my head and when I get up to the checkstand I just hope I have enough. So a 115$ item with CA tax on it comes out to about 129$ thats 14$ worth of tax. Now if I had 128 dollars and thats it I would expect I woulda had enough because I cant multiply 115x7.775 in my head(bummmer) 
but you know those white or yellow price tags?(colors may vary) they have the damn price but thats not really the total price so why cant they just add the tax to the freaking price tag. So it tells me its gonna be 129$ without me having to count pennies out of the bottom of my purse. I bet theres a good reason on why they dont do that but it just makes to much sense ya?
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I totally agree! Stores should post the after tax price and figure the taxes themselves. But, like you said, that would make just too much sense! lol The good news is, when you travel outside of Cali (except maybe Hawaii and Alaska because I hear their taxes are even higher), your taxes will be LESS nearly everywhere else. But, most states still have tax on food (unless you use food stamps) where Cali doesn't. I always figured 10% when we were in Cali. Then, I knew I'd have enough and the math was pretty easy to do. If you are spending $115 for the item(s), figure $11.50 on top of it for tax and you know that you'll be okay. Great post and Welcome to Xanga! <3 SuZ