(Mar. 07, 2011 11:06 PM)Bey-Heart Wrote: Uhh... What do you mean Retail Prices...? I'm not exactly sure what you mean. What would some collectibles or a Wii game cost?
(Mar. 07, 2011 11:30 PM)Sparta Wrote: I think he means that there is no discount at the store on items, even though it is at the direct source of the product. Like at Hershey Park, since everything is priced the same as it would be at, say, shop rite. It really should be a discount since there is no shipping cost....
Actually, when I bought from there one time, the stuff was more expensive then at places like Best Buy or Target. Nintendo World is a VERY specific story, but like
Sparta said, they don't really give discounts, rewards, or whatever compared to major retail stores like...Target and Best Buy. It's just a museum-store, IMO. It's awesome to go to, but I'd rather go to places that sell these type of items AND I get a discount or a discount opportunity for it. It's your choice, I enjoy looking around the place, but I don't like buying there...
(Mar. 07, 2011 11:29 PM)SK Wrote: lol @ people complaining about 8% tax
14% sales tax
36% tax on my income
and i'm not even complaining
The only reason why I complain is because of the decimals. It makes calculating much harder. Sure, you only need to multiply 0.08875 with the price to get an estimate of how much to add (to the nearest hundredth), but you can't imagine how hard it was for me to calculate how much the decimals were. Back when I didn't shop in NYC as much as I do now, I'm always off by 3 tenths more or less, or like .575 or .285 or whatever, I'm always messing it up. That's why I prefer straight up whole numbers, like %14, %10, or even %7.
The only exception to this is where I live. In New Jersey, the tax is %7. But in Jersey City where I live, and some other places in NJ, it's surprisingly %3.5. It's easy to remember because it's 3 and a half, and you only need one decimal to remember (and luckily for me, it's my favorite number). The 3.5 doesn't count to buying fast food, like McDonalds or Subways, though. You have to count %7 for that...