▲ 438 ▼ Steam Controller (2026) - PCGamer Review (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 4 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 171 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 12 points 4 months ago (2 children) 99€ is with tax and 99$ is pre-tax? No? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago* (1 child) kinda-ish, but why is one price sans tax and the others with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b34k@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (1 child) Cuz other countries have strong consumer laws that make it so the price you see is the price you pay. Whereas here in the US we like to hide things like taxes and fees to 1. Make consumers overspend and 2. Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” This is the answer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago* (1 child) kinda-ish, but why is one price sans tax and the others with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b34k@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (1 child) Cuz other countries have strong consumer laws that make it so the price you see is the price you pay. Whereas here in the US we like to hide things like taxes and fees to 1. Make consumers overspend and 2. Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” This is the answer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] b34k@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (1 child) Cuz other countries have strong consumer laws that make it so the price you see is the price you pay. Whereas here in the US we like to hide things like taxes and fees to 1. Make consumers overspend and 2. Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” This is the answer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Make consumers extremely aware of the taxes they pay so that anytime reducing taxes on the rich comes up they think “yeah, I hate taxes, let’s lower them!” This is the answer. permalink fedilink source parent