Why , as in why did you not check your team before buying ? I ' m pretty sure the guy running it is flat out ! <| sep |> I don ' t understand why you are even getting downvoted p <| sep |> Thats cool that he gets his kids input ! I ' ve never read NOS 4 ATU but i ' ve only heard good things . I ' ll have to go pick it up some time <| sep |> What I can ' t figure out is that America always gets slagged for our subpar education system , and yet somehow we are able to mentally calculate the rough tax in our heads to the point that it is a nonissue . This comes up every time , and I ' m not sure why it bothers people outside the US so much how often do you have exact change and only that amount when buying something , or even buy with cash . Plus , I prefer our system greatly to , say , the way the UK does VAT , where it ' s almost always included but rates vary for different productsservices , so you don ' t offhand know how much of the price you just paid was for the actual product , and how much was tax . At least ours is up front .