There are some questions which simply cannot be answered -- Did Courtney Love kill Kurt Cobain? How can people honestly believe that Elvis was abducted by aliens? -- You know, stuff like that.
Well, the realm of the pawn shop also has questions that are just as perplexing.
Timeless Pawn Shop Question #2:
Since when did paying sales tax become optional?
I cannot tell you how many times customers have squawked about paying sales tax. They seem so upset about it, shocked at the often negligible increase in price. I've often thought it would be nice if retailers would include sales tax in the prices they post (for example, listing DVDs as $21.40 instead of $19.99), but since the retail business doesn't function in such a manner, I've learned to automatically tack on that extra 7% onto my purchases. I thought every adult had come to that point. I was wrong. Very wrong. There are many of my fellow adults out there who try to get us to lower the price of our items in the amount of the tax so it appears as if they are not paying tax ("appears" is the key word here since we just lower the price and they are charged tax anyway, but the lowered price and tax equal the originally listed price, creating the illusion they are not paying taxes). It makes me want to stab them.
(See also Timeless Pawn Shop Question #1)
I know what you mean! i worked at a pawnshop for 7 years that would sell items with "tax included" in other words they sold an item marked 20 dollars for 15 and just said tax included on the receipt. long story short, i implemented a Point of sale system that automatically added tax to the final sales price, and it required a manager to override sales tax.. everyone at the pawn shop hated me employees and customers both.. Love your blog!
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