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And they have the little thing going where everyone assumes it's spring water because it's bottled when really it's just filtered tap water with a fancy label. Whoever thought of the idea of bottled water is pretty smart, but the person who put regular tap water in a bottle is a genius.

Some gas stations in my area have posted signs that show the cost of federal and state taxes per gallon. I think it's a good tactic. It's kind of like saying, "Hey, it's not our fault." One of my family's friends owns a service station. He recently had his three gas pumps removed because he couldn't make any money off of them.

Unfortunatley, in the UK, it is I think illegal for a garage to display=20 how the tax on fuel is Broken down. You have the base of the raw fuel price. You have VAT (sales tax) on the fuel. You have customs duty (another tax) on the fuel. You have VAT on the Customs duty (a tax on a tax).

They can tell you how much VAT is added to the total value on a reciept.=20 that is so that the reciept can can be used either for expenses, or for=20 a business to claim the VAT back.

But they aren't allowed to tell you that your average =A30.879GBP litre of= =20 fuel is broken down roughly as

And in a lot of places it is far higher than than.

--=20 Carl Robson Car PC Build starts again.

So don't buy it. It costs exactly the same to package, label, distribute, and handle as soda does. The difference is in a few cents of syrup per bottle.

Well, it's _not_.

That was my point.

"Shane Almeida" wrote in message news:86udnc snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com...

OK...let's face the economics here. A truism in a free market is that a supplier can only offer a single price for his/her goods/services. This inherent marketplace weakness, forces the supplier to charge somewhere in the middle or somewhat above the midpoint of what they perceive to be the halfway point of consumers' willingness to pay X price (thereby maximising profit). So approximately half of consumers will be unhappy with the price offered (so some will grudgingly pay anyway whilst others will refuse) whilst the other half would generally have been willing to pay above the offered price for the good/service (and consequently are generally pleased with/accepting of the price).

I think Shane, your use of the term "rip-off" is a clear indicator that you fall into the former category, believing the offered price is too high. It's as simple as that.

- tex