# There should be a law........ **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597 "2013-08-18T23:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597/21 "2013-08-20T11:47:44Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Their consumption taxes are often a lot higher in comparison, though. The hidden tax on that item might have been nearly a whole euro. Having to add a little pocket change on top of each price isn’t quite the same as having to pay 24%; that’s Real Money on even a fairly small transaction. So? How the price is listed doesn’t affect what the price is. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597/22 "2013-08-20T13:24:29Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > So? How the price is listed doesn’t affect what the price is. His point is (I think, please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) that the reason there was a movement to make our taxes transparent is so that people would notice when they rise to that point. The ease of an all in one price comes with the drawback of people having to do research to find out what portion of it is going to taxes. Most won’t bother. Now in the grand scheme of things most people don’t bother even when they see it as a separate line item on their bill but transparency is at least a little more likely to promote activism. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597/23 "2013-08-20T13:29:14Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Some of my favourite customers during my retail days were those that _insisted_ that I had to sell them something for the marked price, no matter what the context or situation. They found it on the shelves, it was marked, I had to sell them the item for that price, it was **T** he **L** aw! > > Are you telling me they repealed it? I get people like that too, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to explain to people that I have to turn all the tax in to the government. Some people honestly don’t know that. Honestly, leaving politics out of it, I really have no interest in the tax, I collect it and pass it on, it doesn’t do me any good, it’s just more bookwork. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597/24 "2013-08-21T04:53:59Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > You know, if you return the bottle not only do you not have to pay a recycling fee, you get your deposit back! :smack: > [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > Huh ? > [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > You do know what a deposit is, right? It’s refundable. You pay the deposit when you purchase the bottled beverage, drink the beverage, return the empty bottle, and receive the deposit back. :what: “if you return the bottle not only do you not have to pay a recycling fee” I don’t think that’s true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597.md?page=1)