| said by MysticGogeta:Gas does why not every thing? I sure would be pissed after pumping out 30 dollars for it to go up 3-4 dollars from tax. Atleast you know what your getting into early. Simple answer... gas stations don't normally advertise their prices beyond the sign at the actual station. Each state has slightly different tax rates so for a nation-wide provider to have to create pricing brochures, commercials, etc, etc, etc, for every single state is just going to cost them, or really, the consumer, more money.
There are certainly plenty of other consumer goods that are advertised with prices that don't include taxes; in many cases, the companies would have to create County/City specific commercials, etc since taxes can vary county by county, city by city. Imagine the nightmare of keeping all that straight. I can just imagine the irrate customer who would claim "I saw your ad, it said $14.37, but you're charging me $14.74, I'm suing for false advertising!!!!" |
