On 23-Jan-12 14:38, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:41:16 on Mon, 23 Jan
2012, Stephen Sprunk remarked:
Burger King have a [USA] nation-wide offer of $1.99 at the moment.

I fail to see the point you are making.

It's $1.99 plus a variable amount of sales tax, not $1.99 including a
variable amount of sales tax.

I still fail to see the point you are making.

BK can advertise a nationwide price of $1.99 in large part _because_
that doesn't include the variable tax. To collect $1.99 for every
burger (or whatever it is), they'd need to advertise different prices in
different markets or even within the _same_ markets, depending on how
granular the tax jurisdictions are.

S

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