Different states have different tax rates from what I remember when going to the US.
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Nope. We have state taxes, depending on where you live, and those fees are added during during the checkout process.
I am sure they probably won't be anywhere near the price difference
Not on an item at that price. We do have some tariffs now, but those seem to change on a daily basis. Even tariffs and state sales taxes wouldn't add up to that. My state's sales tax is 5.5%.
Some states have no sales tax. Some states let various regions in the state decide on the sales tax. It can be pretty confusing.
We also don't list prices that have the taxes included. I am sometimes confused about how we manage to make it all work, but it does indeed work.
We also do a lot of 'charm pricing'. That's when you put a price on it of $1.99 instead of $2.00. Given the poor numeracy of my countrymen, I figure a large percentage of the population hasn't got a clue how much they'll really pay when they checkout.
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BigBadBeef
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So you have, uh, what is called - surcharges at checkout or something? Isn't that a rat move?
in the UK and in EU countries there is a standard form of purchase tax, we call it VAT [davek na dodano vrednost] which is normally included in the advertised retail price, In the US [and some other countries] they also have a sales tax, but it is added to the advertised retail price at check out, it's basically a different way of doing the same thing
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BigBadBeef
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It's not what I meant. I know what VAT is. What I meant was that those shops list one price when you're browsing, either "accidentally" fails to include tax or adds some form of surcharge later (like packaging service you can't opt out of). Basically some B.S. price (what's the opposite of deduction?).
When browsing European online stores, the price you see while browsing is the price you pay at checkout (naturally shipping service has it's own costs, but even that is free if you make a large enough purchase).
I can't really get into that question. Politics is off limits.
But, yeah... They add more at the checkout. They don't usually have surprise costs during shipping. While that can happen, it's unusual and generally means someone did not calculate the shipping costs properly,
theLegionWithin
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it's a vat move
I am doing the same as you, building a new PC once a decade and switching to linux as my main distro.
OMG the price of ram and ssd's atm
(in australia)
Just paid AUD $699 for 32GB ddr5 ram, and $209 for a 1tb nvme ssd...
When i built a new home server this time last year i paid $326 for 64GB ddr5 ram, and $189 for 2tb nvem ssd.
The MB and CPU were about the same.
OMG the price of ram and ssd's atm
(in australia)Just paid AUD $699 for 32GB ddr5 ram, and $209 for a 1tb nvme ssd...
When i built a new home server this time last year i paid $326 for 64GB ddr5 ram, and $189 for 2tb nvem ssd.
The MB and CPU were about the same.
Au has nothing to do with it, I recommended a 16gb cl3 USB pen drive for a friend I paid £ 4-00 sterling for the same one last July now its £12, I am thankful I do not need an all singing all dancing computer,OMG the price of ram and ssd's atm
In the past, if I've needed to pad an order to get a discount (or free shipping), or if I've seen them on sale, I've picked up USB flash drives. They're handy for when I want to give away data, for example. I have some that are in use, but I also have one of those Royal Dansk cookie tins full of them.
What I don't have is spare DDR5. There's not a spare stick of DDR5 in the house. I've got DDR4 stashed away, but that's less common in newer devices.
Do you have access to NewEgg where you live? If so, I just looked, and there are still a few Team Group flash drives that aren't terribly priced, including some that are on sale. Though the 'on sale' price is higher than I recall paying in past orders.
In the past we (aussies) had high pricing on electrics/games just due to the location. (i recall buying the ps3 from amazon usa and paying $100 shipping and it was still like $100 cheaper than they sold locally back then)
In the last decade that wasnt so much of an issue, but i do understand the current AI datacentre build out is what is inflating the price of ram/ssd/gpus.
Ill stick to gaming on the ps5 for now as i dont think i bother getting a gpu anytime soon.
theLegionWithin
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oof. switched over to a mini pc last year, ~9 months ago really, and maxed it out (within the limited confines offered by that specific model) as I like to future proof my hardware - historically, I switch hardware every 5 to 7 years...
I havent looked at prices since then but just checked amazon, the 64gb model I got isnt offered anymore, the "upgraded" model is still available but it's $600 more than I paid (and the cpu looks to be a little worse).
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