@return2ozma to Ask Lemmy • 6 days agoThose who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?message-square690arrow-up1339arrow-down147
arrow-up1292arrow-down1message-squareThose who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?@return2ozma to Ask Lemmy • 6 days agomessage-square690
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-25 days agoHuh, the US gets another layer more confusing. Tax is included in gas prices but not in anything else? How do the arguments for not including that tax in the price stack up when gas stations are already including it?
minus-square@davidgrolink4•5 days agoTradition. Gas prices are also the only retail prices that include tenths of a penny - specifically 9/10, as in all gas prices look like $x.xx9 such as $3.059
minus-square@Pieisawesomelink4•5 days agoEven more annoying, the gas price really has 99/100ths tacked on, so the price is a cent more expensive because no one thinks of it. Ie: $3/gal is really charged as $3.0099/gal
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 days agoYeah we have that here too. And 3-4x the impact because of measuring in litres not gallons.
Huh, the US gets another layer more confusing. Tax is included in gas prices but not in anything else? How do the arguments for not including that tax in the price stack up when gas stations are already including it?
Tradition.
Gas prices are also the only retail prices that include tenths of a penny - specifically 9/10, as in all gas prices look like $x.xx9 such as $3.059
Even more annoying, the gas price really has 99/100ths tacked on, so the price is a cent more expensive because no one thinks of it.
Ie: $3/gal is really charged as $3.0099/gal
Yeah we have that here too. And 3-4x the impact because of measuring in litres not gallons.
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